All-time weather records — Gary, MN

Record high
111.0°F
July 6, 1936
Record low
-53.0°F
February 15, 1936
Wettest day
5.83 in
August 7, 1941

Climate change signal in Gary

8.7%

of Gary's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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
16
64
1900s
13
22
1910s
5
39
1920s
39
52
1930s
71
49
1940s
20
19
1950s
34
14
1960s
11
23
1970s
21
18
1980s
48
12
1990s
22
17
2000s
20
8
2010s
27
7
2020s
19
22

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 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 53.1°F — Jan 24, 1981 -47.9°F — Jan 30, 2004 1.05 in — Jan 1, 1921
February 64.9°F — Feb 25, 1958 -53.0°F — Feb 15, 1936 1.10 in — Feb 6, 1946
March 78.1°F — Mar 30, 1967 -38.9°F — Mar 10, 1948 1.24 in — Mar 3, 1970
April 100.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -11.9°F — Apr 2, 1899 2.41 in — Apr 21, 1964
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1939 12.0°F — May 3, 1967 4.51 in — May 22, 1981
June 104.0°F — Jun 18, 1933 27.0°F — Jun 7, 1897 3.60 in — Jun 4, 1902
July 111.0°F — Jul 6, 1936 30.0°F — Jul 22, 1895 3.80 in — Jul 20, 1952
August 104.0°F — Aug 18, 1976 30.9°F — Aug 31, 1895 5.83 in — Aug 7, 1941
September 100.9°F — Sep 22, 1936 17.1°F — Sep 18, 1929 3.96 in — Sep 20, 2017
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 1922 -6.0°F — Oct 26, 1919 2.65 in — Oct 17, 1971
November 75.9°F — Nov 10, 1893 -35.0°F — Nov 30, 1896 1.58 in — Nov 1, 1974
December 60.1°F — Dec 6, 1939 -42.0°F — Dec 13, 1901 1.75 in — Dec 30, 2006

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