All-time weather records — Turtle Lake, ND

Record high
115.0°F
July 10, 1936
Record low
-50.1°F
February 15, 1936
Wettest day
4.42 in
August 27, 1928

Climate change signal in Turtle Lake

11.7%

of Turtle Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (43 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 #
1910s
12
50
1920s
25
62
1930s
51
32
1940s
33
47
1950s
31
43
1960s
37
29
1970s
29
15
1980s
38
24
1990s
28
38
2000s
25
13
2010s
31
8
2020s
26
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 1913, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1912-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 6, 2012 -47.0°F — Jan 13, 1916 0.90 in — Jan 2, 1923
February 64.9°F — Feb 25, 1958 -50.1°F — Feb 15, 1936 1.51 in — Feb 26, 1998
March 80.1°F — Mar 19, 2012 -34.1°F — Mar 10, 1948 3.05 in — Mar 10, 2010
April 95.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -8.0°F — Apr 1, 1975 2.08 in — Apr 24, 1948
May 98.1°F — May 5, 1926 10.9°F — May 1, 1967 2.96 in — May 12, 1985
June 108.0°F — Jun 24, 1936 28.9°F — Jun 2, 1926 4.27 in — Jun 28, 1952
July 115.0°F — Jul 10, 1936 34.0°F — Jul 5, 1927 3.95 in — Jul 7, 1928
August 109.0°F — Aug 5, 1941 21.9°F — Aug 29, 1927 4.42 in — Aug 27, 1928
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 1978 12.9°F — Sep 26, 1942 3.05 in — Sep 12, 1978
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 -11.9°F — Oct 26, 1919 1.87 in — Oct 2, 1971
November 78.1°F — Nov 8, 1999 -27.0°F — Nov 19, 1914 1.43 in — Nov 25, 1993
December 66.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -41.1°F — Dec 20, 1916 3.00 in — Dec 28, 2003

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