All-time weather records — Madelia, MN

Record high
105.1°F
July 31, 1988
Record low
-29.9°F
January 21, 1970
Wettest day
7.50 in
September 23, 2010

Climate change signal in Madelia

21%

of Madelia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (77 of 366 records since 2015).

9.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (36 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 #
1940s
·
·
1950s
19
11
1960s
52
71
1970s
33
80
1980s
72
71
1990s
43
47
2000s
44
33
2010s
43
35
2020s
60
18

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 1958, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1940-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -29.9°F — Jan 21, 1970 2.90 in — Jan 19, 1988
February 66.9°F — Feb 22, 2017 -29.9°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.62 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 2025 -26.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.95 in — Mar 9, 1992
April 93.0°F — Apr 18, 1985 6.1°F — Apr 4, 2018 2.32 in — Apr 2, 1967
May 102.0°F — May 15, 2013 19.0°F — May 1, 1961 4.32 in — May 25, 1953
June 104.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 36.0°F — Jun 11, 1995 6.10 in — Jun 8, 1953
July 105.1°F — Jul 31, 1988 39.9°F — Jul 1, 1995 3.70 in — Jul 26, 2020
August 100.9°F — Aug 15, 1988 36.0°F — Aug 21, 2004 4.80 in — Aug 20, 2007
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1976 25.0°F — Sep 1, 1987 7.50 in — Sep 23, 2010
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 2023 10.0°F — Oct 28, 2020 2.72 in — Oct 1, 2021
November 82.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -13.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.97 in — Nov 20, 1973
December 68.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -27.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 3.25 in — Dec 30, 1997

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