All-time weather records — Moorhead, IA

Record high
104.0°F
June 21, 1988
Record low
-27.0°F
January 21, 1970
Wettest day
12.02 in
July 17, 1996

Climate change signal in Moorhead

4.9%

of Moorhead's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (18 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 #
1940s
11
6
1950s
54
61
1960s
44
79
1970s
47
94
1980s
71
53
1990s
43
31
2000s
48
23
2010s
48
19

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 1948, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1948-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 27, 2002 -27.0°F — Jan 21, 1970 1.16 in — Jan 3, 1949
February 71.1°F — Feb 10, 1999 -26.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.64 in — Feb 20, 1954
March 87.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -23.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 2.28 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1980 3.9°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.80 in — Apr 27, 1986
May 100.9°F — May 15, 2013 24.1°F — May 2, 1967 3.98 in — May 27, 2014
June 104.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1956 3.63 in — Jun 16, 1984
July 104.0°F — Jul 20, 2006 44.1°F — Jul 30, 1971 12.02 in — Jul 17, 1996
August 104.0°F — Aug 1, 2006 37.9°F — Aug 28, 1986 3.85 in — Aug 5, 1996
September 100.9°F — Sep 2, 2000 24.1°F — Sep 29, 1984 5.41 in — Sep 13, 1978
October 91.9°F — Oct 5, 1963 12.0°F — Oct 19, 1972 3.71 in — Oct 9, 1970
November 81.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -9.0°F — Nov 11, 1986 2.15 in — Nov 30, 1991
December 68.0°F — Dec 1, 1998 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.98 in — Dec 14, 2015

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