All-time weather records — Petersburg, ND

Record high
102.9°F
June 5, 2021
Record low
-44.0°F
February 1, 1996
Wettest day
3.74 in
October 8, 1985

Climate change signal in Petersburg

12.6%

of Petersburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (46 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1930s
·
·
1940s
28
39
1950s
52
44
1960s
42
68
1970s
36
62
1980s
63
74
1990s
42
36
2000s
42
19
2010s
34
18
2020s
27
6

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 1944, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1930-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 50.0°F — Jan 11, 1990 -42.0°F — Jan 17, 1982 1.30 in — Jan 11, 2013
February 62.1°F — Feb 23, 2000 -44.0°F — Feb 1, 1996 0.72 in — Feb 26, 2000
March 79.0°F — Mar 27, 1946 -34.1°F — Mar 10, 1948 1.70 in — Mar 14, 1971
April 98.1°F — Apr 22, 1980 -11.9°F — Apr 5, 1979 1.45 in — Apr 6, 1997
May 96.1°F — May 21, 1964 5.0°F — May 3, 1967 2.40 in — May 18, 2015
June 102.9°F — Jun 5, 2021 24.1°F — Jun 19, 1984 3.50 in — Jun 13, 2000
July 100.0°F — Jul 6, 1988 30.0°F — Jul 5, 1983 3.03 in — Jul 22, 1987
August 102.0°F — Aug 4, 1947 25.0°F — Aug 27, 1982 2.33 in — Aug 12, 1999
September 102.0°F — Sep 6, 1978 15.1°F — Sep 26, 1965 2.96 in — Sep 2, 1957
October 91.9°F — Oct 4, 1963 -0.9°F — Oct 31, 1991 3.74 in — Oct 8, 1985
November 75.0°F — Nov 1, 1999 -25.1°F — Nov 28, 1985 1.74 in — Nov 21, 1977
December 57.0°F — Dec 2, 1969 -38.9°F — Dec 23, 1983 1.15 in — Dec 31, 2006

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