All-time weather records — McGregor, MN

Record high
102.0°F
July 28, 1988
Record low
-52.1°F
January 31, 1899
Wettest day
5.06 in
June 20, 2012

Climate change signal in McGregor

6%

of McGregor's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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
3
51
1900s
26
30
1910s
22
62
1920s
30
59
1930s
41
48
1940s
26
23
1950s
17
26
1960s
26
20
1970s
29
16
1980s
58
10
1990s
29
13
2000s
23
4
2010s
21
3
2020s
15
1

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 6, 2012 -52.1°F — Jan 31, 1899 1.26 in — Jan 11, 1975
February 57.9°F — Feb 27, 1982 -49.0°F — Feb 5, 1895 2.25 in — Feb 23, 1893
March 78.1°F — Mar 27, 1946 -40.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.43 in — Mar 15, 1945
April 90.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -9.0°F — Apr 2, 1899 2.96 in — Apr 15, 1894
May 100.9°F — May 31, 1934 12.9°F — May 27, 1895 2.95 in — May 29, 1978
June 97.0°F — Jun 20, 1910 27.0°F — Jun 23, 1917 5.06 in — Jun 20, 2012
July 102.0°F — Jul 28, 1988 35.1°F — Jul 29, 1925 4.65 in — Jul 28, 1972
August 100.9°F — Aug 18, 1976 27.0°F — Aug 28, 1934 4.23 in — Aug 31, 1989
September 98.1°F — Sep 4, 2023 17.1°F — Sep 21, 1934 4.24 in — Sep 1, 1986
October 86.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 3.0°F — Oct 23, 1936 4.33 in — Oct 2, 1995
November 73.9°F — Nov 3, 1978 -32.1°F — Nov 29, 1896 1.80 in — Nov 28, 1905
December 60.1°F — Dec 1, 1962 -45.0°F — Dec 31, 1898 1.21 in — Dec 16, 2021

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