All-time weather records — Northfield, MN

Record high
109.9°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-51.0°F
January 22, 2003
Wettest day
5.35 in
July 21, 1951

Climate change signal in Northfield

0%

of Northfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
15
17
1900s
13
46
1910s
21
34
1920s
40
27
1930s
100
26
1940s
32
17
1950s
28
27
1960s
13
30
1970s
16
42
1980s
36
31
1990s
20
27
2000s
27
41
2010s
5
1
2020s
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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 1896, the latest in 2011. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 25, 1944 -51.0°F — Jan 22, 2003 1.31 in — Jan 11, 1975
February 64.9°F — Feb 17, 1981 -36.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 2.23 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 81.0°F — Mar 23, 1910 -29.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.00 in — Mar 25, 1996
April 93.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 0.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 2.50 in — Apr 2, 1967
May 108.0°F — May 31, 1934 12.0°F — May 10, 2003 2.86 in — May 1, 1973
June 106.0°F — Jun 26, 1934 33.1°F — Jun 1, 1897 5.34 in — Jun 30, 1901
July 109.9°F — Jul 14, 1936 10.0°F — Jul 17, 1905 5.35 in — Jul 21, 1951
August 105.1°F — Aug 15, 1936 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1931 5.24 in — Aug 31, 1962
September 102.0°F — Sep 10, 1931 23.0°F — Sep 29, 1908 4.45 in — Sep 22, 2016
October 91.9°F — Oct 4, 1997 3.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 2.65 in — Oct 24, 1899
November 79.0°F — Nov 1, 1933 -15.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.45 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 69.1°F — Dec 20, 1923 -36.9°F — Dec 6, 2002 1.61 in — Dec 28, 1982

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