All-time weather records — Rugby, ND

Record high
107.1°F
July 27, 1988
Record low
-47.0°F
February 1, 1996
Wettest day
3.89 in
July 5, 1935

Climate change signal in Rugby

12.6%

of Rugby's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (46 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 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
6
22
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
13
7
1950s
41
37
1960s
47
44
1970s
45
25
1980s
89
70
1990s
29
63
2000s
33
47
2010s
34
32
2020s
29
19

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 1904, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1904-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 6, 2012 -45.0°F — Jan 19, 1996 1.25 in — Jan 5, 1949
February 62.1°F — Feb 27, 1988 -47.0°F — Feb 1, 1996 1.15 in — Feb 25, 1998
March 73.9°F — Mar 23, 1963 -40.0°F — Mar 1, 2003 2.00 in — Mar 6, 1983
April 96.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -8.0°F — Apr 1, 1975 2.13 in — Apr 24, 1953
May 100.0°F — May 22, 1980 14.0°F — May 2, 1967 1.99 in — May 13, 1995
June 104.0°F — Jun 5, 2021 30.0°F — Jun 12, 1969 3.31 in — Jun 17, 1990
July 107.1°F — Jul 27, 1988 37.0°F — Jul 4, 1997 3.89 in — Jul 5, 1935
August 105.1°F — Aug 6, 1988 30.0°F — Aug 27, 1982 3.60 in — Aug 21, 2021
September 99.0°F — Sep 5, 2001 19.9°F — Sep 26, 1965 2.52 in — Sep 6, 1981
October 91.9°F — Oct 4, 1963 -6.0°F — Oct 30, 1991 1.98 in — Oct 14, 2021
November 75.0°F — Nov 5, 1975 -27.0°F — Nov 24, 1985 1.15 in — Nov 8, 1944
December 55.9°F — Dec 10, 2015 -40.0°F — Dec 26, 1990 1.05 in — Dec 2, 1982

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