All-time weather records — Sauk Rapids, MN

Record high
102.9°F
July 18, 1940
Record low
-43.1°F
January 9, 1977
Wettest day
4.57 in
August 3, 1956

Climate change signal in Sauk Rapids

19.1%

of Sauk Rapids's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (70 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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
·
·
1930s
9
·
1940s
55
66
1950s
29
46
1960s
30
43
1970s
25
76
1980s
56
51
1990s
35
44
2000s
33
18
2010s
43
16
2020s
51
6

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 1939, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1904-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.9°F — Jan 24, 1981 -43.1°F — Jan 9, 1977 0.75 in — Jan 4, 1997
February 59.0°F — Feb 17, 2017 -40.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.81 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 79.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 -32.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.49 in — Mar 23, 2009
April 96.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -2.9°F — Apr 4, 1975 3.52 in — Apr 22, 2001
May 98.1°F — May 28, 2006 19.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.22 in — May 9, 1979
June 102.0°F — Jun 24, 1988 32.0°F — Jun 1, 1993 3.46 in — Jun 26, 1983
July 102.9°F — Jul 18, 1940 39.9°F — Jul 1, 1969 2.63 in — Jul 11, 2016
August 102.9°F — Aug 4, 1947 33.1°F — Aug 21, 2004 4.57 in — Aug 3, 1956
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1978 18.0°F — Sep 22, 1974 3.62 in — Sep 8, 1985
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 2023 5.0°F — Oct 27, 1976 3.42 in — Oct 4, 2005
November 75.9°F — Nov 6, 2020 -20.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.02 in — Nov 9, 1977
December 64.0°F — Dec 7, 1939 -41.1°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.47 in — Dec 24, 2023

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