All-time weather records — Poplar, MT

Record high
110.7°F
July 24, 2007
Record low
-47.0°F
February 8, 2019
Wettest day
2.84 in
July 9, 2019

Climate change signal in Poplar

51.6%

of Poplar's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (189 of 366 records since 2015).

41.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (152 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 #
2000s
129
157
2010s
117
124
2020s
120
85

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 2002, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2001-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.4°F — Jan 8, 2002 -43.1°F — Jan 1, 2018 0.32 in — Jan 5, 2010
February 66.2°F — Feb 22, 2002 -47.0°F — Feb 8, 2019 0.42 in — Feb 3, 2019
March 79.9°F — Mar 31, 2004 -32.4°F — Mar 8, 2003 1.29 in — Mar 22, 2011
April 87.8°F — Apr 24, 2012 -6.0°F — Apr 1, 2018 1.07 in — Apr 28, 2019
May 95.2°F — May 18, 2006 7.7°F — May 3, 2005 1.71 in — May 7, 2005
June 98.4°F — Jun 29, 2006 28.0°F — Jun 2, 2009 2.55 in — Jun 30, 2020
July 110.7°F — Jul 24, 2007 34.7°F — Jul 5, 2023 2.84 in — Jul 9, 2019
August 106.2°F — Aug 11, 2018 32.0°F — Aug 23, 2015 2.00 in — Aug 14, 2009
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 2004 14.0°F — Sep 30, 2003 1.15 in — Sep 4, 2007
October 90.3°F — Oct 6, 2021 -7.1°F — Oct 23, 2020 1.15 in — Oct 3, 2016
November 73.2°F — Nov 5, 2020 -26.7°F — Nov 30, 2025 0.65 in — Nov 5, 2008
December 60.8°F — Dec 1, 2021 -41.1°F — Dec 31, 2017 0.31 in — Dec 1, 2018

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