All-time weather records — Nicollet, MN

Record high
98.1°F
May 15, 2013
Record low
-33.0°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
4.52 in
July 26, 2020

Climate change signal in Nicollet

61.5%

of Nicollet's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (225 of 366 records since 2015).

51.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (189 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 #
2010s
265
323
2020s
101
43

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 2011, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 2011-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.0°F — Jan 11, 2012 -33.0°F — Jan 31, 2019 1.11 in — Jan 4, 2023
February 64.0°F — Feb 18, 2017 -33.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.64 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 80.1°F — Mar 17, 2012 -18.9°F — Mar 3, 2019 1.17 in — Mar 23, 2011
April 86.0°F — Apr 6, 2021 5.0°F — Apr 5, 2018 1.54 in — Apr 10, 2013
May 98.1°F — May 15, 2013 27.0°F — May 4, 2011 2.88 in — May 24, 2012
June 98.1°F — Jun 7, 2011 41.0°F — Jun 2, 2012 3.62 in — Jun 18, 2016
July 98.1°F — Jul 7, 2012 35.1°F — Jul 12, 2014 4.52 in — Jul 26, 2020
August 95.0°F — Aug 3, 2022 45.0°F — Aug 18, 2012 3.33 in — Aug 17, 2017
September 95.0°F — Sep 12, 2012 28.0°F — Sep 24, 2012 1.93 in — Sep 2, 2015
October 87.1°F — Oct 6, 2011 14.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.70 in — Oct 3, 2017
November 82.0°F — Nov 5, 2020 -13.0°F — Nov 28, 2014 1.76 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 57.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 19, 2016 0.79 in — Dec 11, 2021

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