All-time weather records — Polson, MT

Record high
104.0°F
July 16, 1919
Record low
-32.1°F
March 16, 1995
Wettest day
2.60 in
May 30, 1985

Climate change signal in Polson

0.5%

of Polson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (2 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 #
1900s
5
8
1910s
37
38
1920s
35
24
1930s
70
55
1940s
19
30
1950s
20
53
1960s
20
36
1970s
33
19
1980s
45
26
1990s
35
15
2000s
40
28
2010s
7
34

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 1906, the latest in 2015. Period of observation: 1906-2015.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 24, 1953 -29.9°F — Jan 31, 1950 0.98 in — Jan 7, 1948
February 66.0°F — Feb 24, 1995 -27.0°F — Feb 16, 1936 1.18 in — Feb 3, 1915
March 73.9°F — Mar 27, 1986 -32.1°F — Mar 16, 1995 1.04 in — Mar 29, 1934
April 84.0°F — Apr 29, 1926 -0.9°F — Apr 2, 1936 1.66 in — Apr 30, 1951
May 91.0°F — May 31, 1986 17.1°F — May 1, 1954 2.60 in — May 30, 1985
June 98.1°F — Jun 26, 1919 0.0°F — Jun 1, 1992 2.50 in — Jun 8, 1964
July 104.0°F — Jul 16, 1919 32.0°F — Jul 5, 2012 1.76 in — Jul 3, 1956
August 100.9°F — Aug 5, 1961 30.9°F — Aug 25, 1910 1.81 in — Aug 31, 1986
September 93.0°F — Sep 3, 1931 16.0°F — Sep 24, 1926 1.38 in — Sep 9, 1986
October 82.9°F — Oct 1, 1963 1.0°F — Oct 31, 1935 2.14 in — Oct 2, 1946
November 71.1°F — Nov 12, 1999 -20.9°F — Nov 16, 1959 1.12 in — Nov 2, 2014
December 62.1°F — Dec 3, 1956 -25.1°F — Dec 17, 1964 1.07 in — Dec 12, 1929

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