All-time weather records — St. Joseph, MN

Record high
106.0°F
July 10, 1936
Record low
-38.9°F
January 22, 1936
Wettest day
5.84 in
May 22, 1962

Climate change signal in St. Joseph

7.7%

of St. Joseph's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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 #
1890s
34
28
1900s
19
34
1910s
17
43
1920s
21
44
1930s
59
33
1940s
5
3
1950s
15
31
1960s
19
44
1970s
20
39
1980s
36
16
1990s
35
15
2000s
34
7
2010s
31
21
2020s
21
8

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.9°F — Jan 5, 2012 -38.9°F — Jan 22, 1936 1.40 in — Jan 4, 1997
February 60.1°F — Feb 20, 1930 -36.9°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.75 in — Feb 9, 1909
March 81.0°F — Mar 23, 1910 -29.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.58 in — Mar 23, 2009
April 95.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 1.9°F — Apr 4, 1975 3.08 in — Apr 20, 1893
May 102.9°F — May 31, 1934 19.0°F — May 3, 1967 5.84 in — May 22, 1962
June 102.0°F — Jun 7, 2011 33.1°F — Jun 2, 1910 3.54 in — Jun 17, 1957
July 106.0°F — Jul 10, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 5, 1983 4.73 in — Jul 2, 1903
August 100.0°F — Aug 1, 1988 39.0°F — Aug 24, 1934 4.18 in — Aug 31, 1977
September 102.9°F — Sep 10, 1931 23.0°F — Sep 26, 1965 3.42 in — Sep 10, 1913
October 89.1°F — Oct 2, 1953 7.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.05 in — Oct 4, 2005
November 78.1°F — Nov 8, 1999 -18.9°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.68 in — Nov 9, 1977
December 61.0°F — Dec 3, 1998 -35.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.78 in — Dec 30, 1936

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