All-time weather records — Tower, MN

Record high
108.0°F
January 29, 1901
Record low
-60.0°F
February 2, 1996
Wettest day
8.70 in
September 7, 2007

Climate change signal in Tower

10.7%

of Tower's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (39 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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
27
39
1900s
32
18
1920s
·
·
1930s
8
1
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
18
13
1970s
37
77
1980s
49
79
1990s
75
69
2000s
63
43
2010s
30
13
2020s
27
14

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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 108.0°F — Jan 29, 1901 -56.9°F — Jan 20, 1996 2.00 in — Jan 7, 1927
February 59.0°F — Feb 17, 2011 -60.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 2.10 in — Feb 24, 1964
March 77.0°F — Mar 20, 2012 -42.0°F — Mar 2, 1989 1.91 in — Mar 4, 1966
April 87.1°F — Apr 11, 1977 -22.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 2.48 in — Apr 29, 2025
May 95.0°F — May 31, 1986 10.0°F — May 1, 1966 2.45 in — May 29, 1978
June 100.9°F — Jun 17, 1995 18.0°F — Jun 1, 1897 4.62 in — Jun 17, 1931
July 100.9°F — Jul 14, 1901 24.1°F — Jul 7, 1997 3.50 in — Jul 1, 1898
August 98.1°F — Aug 4, 1900 12.0°F — Aug 23, 1936 3.53 in — Aug 24, 1932
September 95.0°F — Sep 8, 1976 10.9°F — Sep 16, 1900 8.70 in — Sep 7, 2007
October 88.0°F — Oct 12, 2015 -7.1°F — Oct 27, 1976 4.00 in — Oct 1, 1995
November 75.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -38.9°F — Nov 29, 1896 3.21 in — Nov 17, 1996
December 57.0°F — Dec 1, 1962 -52.1°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.32 in — Dec 15, 2022

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