All-time weather records — Leonard, MN

Record high
699.1°F
June 18, 1946
Record low
-47.9°F
January 4, 1968
Wettest day
18.00 in
July 7, 2000

Climate change signal in Leonard

15%

of Leonard's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
13
20
1900s
11
7
1910s
39
75
1920s
19
44
1940s
17
24
1950s
31
36
1960s
27
24
1970s
28
25
1980s
45
16
1990s
44
37
2000s
28
49
2010s
31
6
2020s
33
3

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 51.1°F — Jan 25, 1981 -47.9°F — Jan 4, 1968 8.00 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 62.1°F — Feb 18, 2017 -47.9°F — Feb 5, 1895 5.00 in — Feb 27, 1996
March 80.1°F — Mar 23, 1910 -33.0°F — Mar 1, 1916 3.00 in — Mar 5, 1896
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -17.0°F — Apr 6, 1979 3.00 in — Apr 17, 2003
May 109.9°F — May 18, 1999 6.1°F — May 3, 2002 4.34 in — May 30, 1949
June 699.1°F — Jun 18, 1946 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1946 3.79 in — Jun 25, 1950
July 109.0°F — Jul 28, 1917 21.9°F — Jul 21, 2000 18.00 in — Jul 7, 2000
August 100.0°F — Aug 8, 1983 30.9°F — Aug 16, 2000 4.07 in — Aug 21, 1983
September 96.1°F — Sep 1, 1894 10.9°F — Sep 26, 2000 2.62 in — Sep 9, 1962
October 93.9°F — Oct 7, 1963 -2.9°F — Oct 31, 1996 2.27 in — Oct 19, 1965
November 75.9°F — Nov 2, 1999 -29.9°F — Nov 24, 1893 2.00 in — Nov 24, 2002
December 57.9°F — Dec 2, 1962 -44.0°F — Dec 29, 1917 2.50 in — Dec 16, 2003

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