All-time weather records — Towner, ND

Record high
111.0°F
July 6, 1936
Record low
-49.0°F
January 13, 1916
Wettest day
4.30 in
October 9, 1982

Climate change signal in Towner

6.3%

of Towner's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
6
35
1900s
8
13
1910s
22
69
1920s
30
34
1930s
82
33
1940s
36
29
1950s
19
25
1960s
29
19
1970s
17
19
1980s
23
27
1990s
30
31
2000s
29
18
2010s
23
9
2020s
12
5

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 1897, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 6, 2012 -49.0°F — Jan 13, 1916 0.80 in — Jan 13, 1999
February 63.0°F — Feb 28, 1988 -47.9°F — Feb 15, 1936 2.50 in — Feb 26, 2008
March 79.0°F — Mar 27, 1946 -42.0°F — Mar 14, 1897 1.60 in — Mar 14, 1971
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -20.0°F — Apr 2, 1899 2.70 in — Apr 24, 1953
May 106.0°F — May 30, 1934 12.0°F — May 1, 1911 3.80 in — May 3, 1899
June 106.0°F — Jun 17, 1931 16.0°F — Jun 20, 1994 3.48 in — Jun 23, 1898
July 111.0°F — Jul 6, 1936 32.0°F — Jul 3, 1917 3.95 in — Jul 13, 2006
August 105.1°F — Aug 5, 1941 21.9°F — Aug 27, 1982 3.61 in — Aug 4, 1980
September 102.9°F — Sep 7, 1931 12.0°F — Sep 30, 1974 3.67 in — Sep 5, 1996
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 -15.0°F — Oct 31, 1991 4.30 in — Oct 9, 1982
November 75.9°F — Nov 8, 1999 -34.1°F — Nov 29, 1985 2.15 in — Nov 7, 2008
December 66.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -44.0°F — Dec 26, 1990 1.50 in — Dec 26, 2016

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