All-time weather records — Powers Lake, ND

Record high
108.0°F
July 25, 1931
Record low
-54.9°F
February 15, 1936
Wettest day
5.00 in
December 27, 2003

Climate change signal in Powers Lake

0%

of Powers Lake'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 #
1910s
·
·
1920s
17
16
1930s
95
42
1940s
34
32
1950s
26
51
1960s
41
69
1970s
27
48
1980s
74
43
1990s
39
38
2000s
13
27

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 1926, the latest in 2006. Period of observation: 1914-2006.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 31, 1931 -44.0°F — Jan 18, 1996 0.75 in — Jan 11, 1917
February 61.0°F — Feb 1, 1931 -54.9°F — Feb 15, 1936 0.81 in — Feb 25, 1998
March 75.9°F — Mar 27, 1946 -40.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.40 in — Mar 26, 1975
April 93.9°F — Apr 21, 1980 -24.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 1.52 in — Apr 7, 1980
May 102.0°F — May 23, 1980 10.9°F — May 2, 2005 2.50 in — May 26, 1972
June 106.0°F — Jun 16, 1931 26.1°F — Jun 12, 1969 3.35 in — Jun 27, 1944
July 108.0°F — Jul 25, 1931 28.0°F — Jul 3, 1967 3.75 in — Jul 13, 1948
August 102.9°F — Aug 7, 1983 25.0°F — Aug 23, 1934 3.70 in — Aug 21, 1993
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 1940 14.0°F — Sep 24, 1928 2.69 in — Sep 19, 1975
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 1953 -26.0°F — Oct 24, 1942 1.50 in — Oct 28, 1982
November 75.9°F — Nov 7, 1999 -29.9°F — Nov 30, 1978 1.08 in — Nov 2, 2000
December 66.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -47.9°F — Dec 23, 1983 5.00 in — Dec 27, 2003

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