All-time weather records — Rice Lake, MN

Record high
97.0°F
July 7, 1988
Record low
-38.9°F
January 15, 1972
Wettest day
4.14 in
June 19, 2012

Climate change signal in Rice Lake

17.8%

of Rice Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (65 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 #
1940s
17
7
1950s
41
49
1960s
55
81
1970s
27
79
1980s
60
75
1990s
40
35
2000s
37
17
2010s
42
18
2020s
47
5

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 48.0°F — Jan 5, 2012 -38.9°F — Jan 15, 1972 1.18 in — Jan 23, 1969
February 55.0°F — Feb 24, 1976 -38.9°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.16 in — Feb 27, 1998
March 75.0°F — Mar 17, 2012 -29.0°F — Mar 2, 1989 2.24 in — Mar 12, 1977
April 88.0°F — Apr 27, 1952 -5.1°F — Apr 3, 1954 2.61 in — Apr 19, 1948
May 91.9°F — May 6, 2016 17.1°F — May 3, 1967 3.93 in — May 23, 2010
June 93.9°F — Jun 4, 2021 27.0°F — Jun 10, 1972 4.14 in — Jun 19, 2012
July 97.0°F — Jul 7, 1988 35.1°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.40 in — Jul 21, 1974
August 95.0°F — Aug 7, 1949 32.0°F — Aug 27, 1986 3.11 in — Aug 12, 1999
September 97.0°F — Sep 3, 2023 23.0°F — Sep 20, 1962 3.77 in — Sep 20, 1972
October 86.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 8.1°F — Oct 27, 1976 2.94 in — Oct 26, 2010
November 75.0°F — Nov 6, 2020 -23.1°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.26 in — Nov 10, 1998
December 55.0°F — Dec 3, 1962 -34.1°F — Dec 20, 1983 1.91 in — Dec 6, 1950

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