All-time weather records — La Crescent, MN

Record high
603.0°F
January 6, 1972
Record low
-29.9°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
7.95 in
August 19, 2007

Climate change signal in La Crescent

38.5%

of La Crescent's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (141 of 366 records since 2015).

24.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (91 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 #
1930s
18
5
1940s
69
118
1950s
1
6
1960s
8
12
1970s
35
57
1980s
1
5
1990s
·
·
2000s
·
·
2010s
157
119
2020s
77
44

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 1939, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1939-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 603.0°F — Jan 6, 1972 -29.9°F — Jan 31, 2019 1.39 in — Jan 6, 1946
February 61.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -29.9°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.75 in — Feb 27, 1998
March 81.0°F — Mar 17, 2012 -15.0°F — Mar 4, 2019 1.71 in — Mar 14, 1990
April 81.0°F — Apr 13, 2023 16.0°F — Apr 7, 2018 3.43 in — Apr 25, 1994
May 91.0°F — May 27, 2018 33.1°F — May 1, 1978 3.48 in — May 1, 1954
June 97.0°F — Jun 21, 2022 46.0°F — Jun 14, 1942 4.30 in — Jun 19, 2011
July 100.0°F — Jul 10, 1976 51.1°F — Jul 2, 1942 5.21 in — Jul 17, 2008
August 100.9°F — Aug 24, 2023 43.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 7.95 in — Aug 19, 2007
September 98.1°F — Sep 8, 1939 28.0°F — Sep 22, 2014 3.65 in — Sep 20, 1983
October 82.9°F — Oct 1, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 26, 1942 3.35 in — Oct 5, 2013
November 69.1°F — Nov 3, 2022 1.9°F — Nov 28, 1940 2.62 in — Nov 18, 1958
December 63.0°F — Dec 3, 2012 -20.0°F — Dec 3, 1940 1.65 in — Dec 14, 2015

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