All-time weather records — Rice, MN

Record high
100.9°F
August 1, 2006
Record low
-38.0°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
6.23 in
July 12, 2016

Climate change signal in Rice

61.2%

of Rice's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (224 of 366 records since 2015).

45.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (165 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
60
86
2010s
157
193
2020s
149
87

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 2006, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2006-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 52.0°F — Jan 6, 2012 -38.0°F — Jan 31, 2019 0.45 in — Jan 18, 2020
February 62.1°F — Feb 28, 2016 -38.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 0.88 in — Feb 25, 2007
March 80.1°F — Mar 27, 2007 -26.0°F — Mar 5, 2015 1.46 in — Mar 29, 2020
April 84.9°F — Apr 14, 2023 -2.0°F — Apr 5, 2018 1.82 in — Apr 17, 2024
May 95.0°F — May 27, 2018 21.9°F — May 3, 2011 2.70 in — May 12, 2022
June 100.0°F — Jun 8, 2011 34.0°F — Jun 3, 2009 3.44 in — Jun 21, 2013
July 100.0°F — Jul 29, 2006 43.0°F — Jul 1, 2016 6.23 in — Jul 12, 2016
August 100.9°F — Aug 1, 2006 39.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 4.14 in — Aug 4, 2018
September 99.0°F — Sep 4, 2023 26.1°F — Sep 23, 2012 2.29 in — Sep 18, 2019
October 90.0°F — Oct 2, 2023 10.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 1.85 in — Oct 10, 2018
November 75.9°F — Nov 5, 2020 -11.0°F — Nov 15, 2014 1.67 in — Nov 18, 2015
December 51.1°F — Dec 2, 2021 -29.9°F — Dec 19, 2016 1.42 in — Dec 25, 2023

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