All-time weather records — Milton, ND

Record high
111.9°F
July 7, 1936
Record low
-51.0°F
February 16, 1936
Wettest day
4.20 in
August 31, 1979

Climate change signal in Milton

4.6%

of Milton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (17 of 366 records since 2015).

0.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (1 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
2
9
1900s
6
24
1910s
32
93
1920s
29
39
1930s
85
47
1940s
40
31
1950s
31
32
1960s
21
41
1970s
17
17
1980s
37
16
1990s
20
10
2000s
25
3
2010s
10
3
2020s
11
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 2025. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 52.0°F — Jan 23, 1942 -50.1°F — Jan 12, 1916 0.94 in — Jan 23, 1982
February 59.0°F — Feb 23, 2000 -51.0°F — Feb 16, 1936 1.80 in — Feb 5, 1908
March 77.0°F — Mar 21, 1910 -40.0°F — Mar 10, 1948 1.71 in — Mar 14, 1971
April 97.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -15.0°F — Apr 6, 1979 2.10 in — Apr 24, 1953
May 111.0°F — May 30, 1934 6.1°F — May 3, 1967 2.21 in — May 15, 1998
June 106.0°F — Jun 18, 1933 24.1°F — Jun 1, 1964 3.17 in — Jun 24, 1898
July 111.9°F — Jul 7, 1936 30.0°F — Jul 20, 1898 3.47 in — Jul 21, 1897
August 102.0°F — Aug 7, 1949 28.0°F — Aug 27, 1982 4.20 in — Aug 31, 1979
September 102.9°F — Sep 3, 1983 15.1°F — Sep 26, 1928 3.62 in — Sep 17, 2024
October 91.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 -7.1°F — Oct 28, 1919 2.34 in — Oct 10, 1949
November 73.9°F — Nov 1, 1999 -31.0°F — Nov 29, 1958 2.80 in — Nov 21, 2013
December 64.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -42.0°F — Dec 20, 1916 1.20 in — Dec 7, 1916

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