All-time weather records — Stanford, MT

Record high
100.9°F
June 30, 1990
Record low
-40.0°F
December 21, 1990
Wettest day
3.62 in
August 23, 2014

Climate change signal in Stanford

12.3%

of Stanford's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (45 of 366 records since 2015).

12.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (47 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 #
1960s
29
82
1970s
46
80
1980s
83
44
1990s
71
56
2000s
77
39
2010s
32
33
2020s
28
32

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 1965, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1965-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 7, 2003 -36.0°F — Jan 15, 2024 0.85 in — Jan 2, 1972
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 1992 -35.0°F — Feb 2, 1989 0.65 in — Feb 22, 1982
March 78.1°F — Mar 30, 2004 -29.0°F — Mar 3, 2019 0.98 in — Mar 25, 1995
April 84.0°F — Apr 20, 1980 -5.1°F — Apr 1, 1975 1.44 in — Apr 26, 1976
May 90.0°F — May 12, 2001 10.9°F — May 3, 1967 2.21 in — May 25, 1980
June 100.9°F — Jun 30, 1990 23.0°F — Jun 13, 1969 3.10 in — Jun 19, 1979
July 100.9°F — Jul 19, 2007 28.9°F — Jul 16, 1999 2.26 in — Jul 10, 1983
August 100.0°F — Aug 6, 1990 28.9°F — Aug 25, 1992 3.62 in — Aug 23, 2014
September 99.0°F — Sep 7, 2022 15.1°F — Sep 18, 1965 1.63 in — Sep 27, 2014
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 2011 -11.0°F — Oct 29, 1991 1.46 in — Oct 1, 2022
November 78.1°F — Nov 4, 1975 -22.0°F — Nov 24, 1993 1.00 in — Nov 19, 2007
December 69.1°F — Dec 1, 1988 -40.0°F — Dec 21, 1990 0.91 in — Dec 14, 2015

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