All-time weather records — New Salem, ND

Record high
118.9°F
July 6, 1936
Record low
-43.1°F
January 13, 1916
Wettest day
3.52 in
June 6, 1941

Climate change signal in New Salem

10.1%

of New Salem's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
9
11
1900s
6
20
1910s
34
87
1920s
34
35
1930s
83
39
1940s
29
18
1950s
24
16
1960s
26
21
1970s
8
32
1980s
24
22
1990s
22
26
2000s
22
13
2010s
22
11
2020s
23
15

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: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 23, 1981 -43.1°F — Jan 13, 1916 0.74 in — Jan 1, 1976
February 68.0°F — Feb 25, 1958 -41.1°F — Feb 16, 1936 1.00 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 84.9°F — Mar 22, 1910 -29.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.14 in — Mar 29, 1977
April 93.0°F — Apr 22, 1926 -14.1°F — Apr 2, 1975 2.02 in — Apr 28, 1975
May 105.1°F — May 30, 1934 10.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.18 in — May 8, 1970
June 109.9°F — Jun 30, 2002 21.9°F — Jun 23, 1927 3.52 in — Jun 6, 1941
July 118.9°F — Jul 6, 1936 32.0°F — Jul 4, 1972 3.05 in — Jul 22, 1993
August 108.0°F — Aug 3, 1893 30.0°F — Aug 26, 1914 3.11 in — Aug 9, 1941
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 1978 10.0°F — Sep 25, 1893 2.72 in — Sep 4, 1911
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 1963 -9.9°F — Oct 26, 1919 2.36 in — Oct 5, 1998
November 82.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -26.0°F — Nov 29, 1985 1.73 in — Nov 5, 1922
December 66.0°F — Dec 2, 2021 -40.0°F — Dec 20, 1916 0.90 in — Dec 26, 2009

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