All-time weather records — Ellendale, ND

Record high
111.9°F
July 6, 1936
Record low
-45.0°F
January 2, 1906
Wettest day
5.55 in
July 19, 2018

Climate change signal in Ellendale

2.5%

of Ellendale's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (9 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
17
66
1900s
66
56
1910s
4
3
1930s
57
25
1940s
18
36
1950s
46
27
1960s
24
35
1970s
33
48
1980s
38
27
1990s
23
17
2000s
23
19
2010s
17
7

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1893, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1893-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 22, 1987 -45.0°F — Jan 2, 1906 1.02 in — Jan 4, 1997
February 75.0°F — Feb 27, 1908 -41.1°F — Feb 1, 1893 2.00 in — Feb 6, 1895
March 87.1°F — Mar 23, 1910 -27.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.30 in — Mar 26, 1902
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -11.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.20 in — Apr 16, 2012
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1934 12.9°F — May 17, 2004 4.86 in — May 27, 1963
June 105.1°F — Jun 18, 1933 8.1°F — Jun 8, 1901 4.82 in — Jun 18, 1964
July 111.9°F — Jul 6, 1936 36.0°F — Jul 6, 1896 5.55 in — Jul 19, 2018
August 107.1°F — Aug 13, 1938 5.0°F — Aug 9, 1988 4.43 in — Aug 26, 1942
September 104.0°F — Sep 2, 1983 6.1°F — Sep 10, 1895 4.11 in — Sep 24, 1973
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 1992 -5.1°F — Oct 9, 1895 2.73 in — Oct 15, 1957
November 75.9°F — Nov 5, 1904 -23.1°F — Nov 27, 1985 1.65 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 73.9°F — Dec 19, 1907 -34.1°F — Dec 23, 1983 0.91 in — Dec 25, 2016

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Ellendale.