All-time weather records — Gaylord, MN

Record high
105.1°F
July 31, 1988
Record low
-34.1°F
February 2, 1996
Wettest day
5.29 in
August 14, 1981

Climate change signal in Gaylord

19.9%

of Gaylord's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (73 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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 #
1950s
17
18
1960s
65
85
1970s
38
82
1980s
67
54
1990s
43
64
2000s
40
20
2010s
45
31
2020s
51
12

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 1956, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1956-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 53.1°F — Jan 25, 1981 -32.1°F — Jan 1, 1974 1.50 in — Jan 9, 1995
February 63.0°F — Feb 18, 2017 -34.1°F — Feb 2, 1996 5.00 in — Feb 24, 2001
March 84.0°F — Mar 30, 1968 -25.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.54 in — Mar 27, 1968
April 93.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 1.9°F — Apr 4, 2018 3.24 in — Apr 23, 1968
May 99.0°F — May 29, 2018 21.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.46 in — May 24, 2012
June 102.9°F — Jun 25, 1988 37.9°F — Jun 2, 1969 4.87 in — Jun 19, 2014
July 105.1°F — Jul 31, 1988 44.1°F — Jul 4, 1967 4.20 in — Jul 25, 1997
August 104.0°F — Aug 1, 1988 39.0°F — Aug 21, 2004 5.29 in — Aug 14, 1981
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1978 23.0°F — Sep 26, 1984 4.15 in — Sep 16, 1992
October 91.0°F — Oct 2, 2023 10.9°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.33 in — Oct 15, 1984
November 78.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -16.1°F — Nov 26, 1977 5.00 in — Nov 16, 2000
December 64.9°F — Dec 2, 1998 -34.1°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.93 in — Dec 28, 1982

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