All-time weather records — Kensington, MN

Record high
102.9°F
July 27, 1988
Record low
-41.1°F
January 28, 1951
Wettest day
5.41 in
July 10, 2002

Climate change signal in Kensington

6.3%

of Kensington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
30
38
1940s
4
1
1950s
44
72
1960s
54
54
1970s
19
31
1980s
66
56
1990s
40
33
2000s
61
49
2010s
48
32

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 1895, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1895-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 16, 2007 -41.1°F — Jan 28, 1951 1.70 in — Jan 31, 1986
February 60.1°F — Feb 27, 2016 -36.9°F — Feb 1, 1951 1.40 in — Feb 17, 1982
March 78.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -32.1°F — Mar 14, 1897 2.18 in — Mar 4, 1985
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -2.9°F — Apr 1, 1975 3.90 in — Apr 26, 1954
May 98.1°F — May 26, 2018 14.0°F — May 1, 1966 3.48 in — May 30, 1899
June 102.0°F — Jun 24, 1988 28.0°F — Jun 6, 1897 5.33 in — Jun 21, 2013
July 102.9°F — Jul 27, 1988 19.9°F — Jul 20, 1997 5.41 in — Jul 10, 2002
August 102.0°F — Aug 16, 1988 30.0°F — Aug 31, 1896 5.02 in — Aug 26, 2005
September 97.0°F — Sep 19, 1895 21.0°F — Sep 27, 1993 3.54 in — Sep 30, 1995
October 90.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 3.0°F — Oct 31, 1951 3.18 in — Oct 3, 1990
November 77.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -22.0°F — Nov 26, 1996 2.10 in — Nov 9, 1970
December 64.9°F — Dec 29, 2003 -34.1°F — Dec 19, 1955 1.16 in — Dec 23, 1968

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