All-time weather records — Howard Lake, MN

Record high
102.0°F
June 6, 2021
Record low
-29.9°F
January 30, 2019
Wettest day
3.91 in
October 3, 2017

Climate change signal in Howard Lake

56%

of Howard Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (205 of 366 records since 2015).

51.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (190 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 #
2000s
38
69
2010s
222
207
2020s
106
90

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 2007, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 2003-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 51.1°F — Jan 11, 2012 -29.9°F — Jan 30, 2019 0.81 in — Jan 4, 2023
February 62.1°F — Feb 18, 2017 -27.9°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.49 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 81.0°F — Mar 27, 2007 -26.0°F — Mar 3, 2019 2.18 in — Mar 29, 2020
April 90.0°F — Apr 24, 2009 1.0°F — Apr 4, 2018 2.08 in — Apr 28, 2014
May 100.0°F — May 29, 2018 28.9°F — May 11, 2021 2.27 in — May 18, 2013
June 102.0°F — Jun 6, 2021 44.1°F — Jun 1, 2015 3.19 in — Jun 13, 2016
July 98.1°F — Jul 5, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 27, 2013 3.13 in — Jul 24, 2016
August 97.0°F — Aug 3, 2022 46.0°F — Aug 4, 2020 2.55 in — Aug 14, 2023
September 97.0°F — Sep 4, 2023 30.0°F — Sep 28, 2022 2.40 in — Sep 21, 2018
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 2023 10.9°F — Oct 27, 2020 3.91 in — Oct 3, 2017
November 78.1°F — Nov 4, 2020 -6.0°F — Nov 27, 2014 1.43 in — Nov 7, 2008
December 55.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -29.9°F — Dec 18, 2016 0.95 in — Dec 25, 2009

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