All-time weather records — Minneapolis, KS

Record high
118.9°F
August 12, 1936
Record low
-29.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
6.34 in
September 3, 1942

Climate change signal in Minneapolis

8.7%

of Minneapolis's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
20
56
1900s
10
51
1910s
24
49
1920s
25
32
1930s
89
20
1940s
20
28
1950s
32
20
1960s
13
18
1970s
16
28
1980s
23
18
1990s
21
13
2000s
27
8
2010s
26
17
2020s
20
8

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 31, 1989 -22.0°F — Jan 4, 1947 1.64 in — Jan 31, 1999
February 87.1°F — Mar 1, 1972 -29.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 2.50 in — Feb 6, 1928
March 97.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -13.0°F — Mar 2, 1930 2.93 in — Mar 30, 1998
April 100.9°F — Apr 23, 1989 8.1°F — Apr 5, 1920 3.45 in — Apr 25, 2015
May 104.0°F — May 31, 1934 21.0°F — May 1, 1909 4.40 in — May 27, 1953
June 113.0°F — Jun 30, 1980 39.9°F — Jun 3, 1946 4.45 in — Jun 21, 1951
July 117.0°F — Jul 24, 1936 0.0°F — Jul 30, 2022 5.50 in — Jul 26, 1990
August 118.9°F — Aug 12, 1936 41.0°F — Aug 29, 1893 5.35 in — Aug 21, 1966
September 115.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 8.1°F — Sep 23, 1894 6.34 in — Sep 3, 1942
October 102.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 10.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 3.83 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 87.1°F — Nov 8, 2006 -4.0°F — Nov 22, 1929 2.44 in — Nov 2, 1998
December 82.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -24.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.11 in — Dec 11, 2007

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