All-time weather records — Gem Lake, MN

Record high
107.1°F
August 6, 2001
Record low
-40.0°F
February 2, 1996
Wettest day
5.76 in
July 24, 1987

Climate change signal in Gem Lake

28.7%

of Gem Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (105 of 366 records since 2015).

8.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (30 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 #
1980s
71
45
1990s
70
196
2000s
78
81
2010s
83
16
2020s
64
28

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 1983, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1981-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 8, 2003 -36.9°F — Jan 19, 1994 1.37 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 63.0°F — Feb 26, 2024 -40.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.11 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 81.0°F — Mar 29, 1986 -20.0°F — Mar 26, 1996 1.69 in — Mar 11, 1990
April 88.0°F — Apr 19, 1987 1.0°F — Apr 4, 1995 2.55 in — Apr 23, 2001
May 98.1°F — May 28, 2018 26.1°F — May 1, 2023 2.95 in — May 24, 2012
June 102.0°F — Jun 24, 1988 34.0°F — Jun 5, 2000 4.41 in — Jun 7, 1984
July 102.9°F — Jul 18, 2001 36.0°F — Jul 20, 2000 5.76 in — Jul 24, 1987
August 107.1°F — Aug 6, 2001 35.1°F — Aug 3, 2000 3.08 in — Aug 11, 2016
September 97.0°F — Sep 4, 2023 25.0°F — Sep 22, 1995 3.26 in — Sep 3, 2000
October 90.0°F — Oct 5, 2025 6.1°F — Oct 14, 2022 3.58 in — Oct 5, 2005
November 78.1°F — Nov 8, 1999 -14.1°F — Nov 26, 1996 1.68 in — Nov 1, 1991
December 66.9°F — Dec 1, 1998 -35.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.16 in — Dec 16, 1984

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