All-time weather records — Viking, MN

Record high
104.0°F
July 5, 1988
Record low
-45.0°F
February 1, 1996
Wettest day
12.00 in
March 31, 2014

Climate change signal in Viking

4.6%

of Viking's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (17 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1970s
52
94
1980s
115
111
1990s
104
72
2000s
55
61
2010s
40
28

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 1973, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1972-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 45.0°F — Jan 10, 2013 -42.0°F — Jan 20, 1996 5.00 in — Jan 1, 2011
February 54.0°F — Feb 22, 2000 -45.0°F — Feb 1, 1996 4.00 in — Feb 11, 2013
March 68.0°F — Mar 15, 2015 -29.0°F — Mar 2, 2003 12.00 in — Mar 31, 2014
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -9.9°F — Apr 1, 1975 3.00 in — Apr 15, 2013
May 97.0°F — May 21, 1980 16.0°F — May 21, 2000 4.01 in — May 20, 2013
June 99.0°F — Jun 17, 1995 30.0°F — Jun 3, 1985 3.25 in — Jun 8, 1984
July 104.0°F — Jul 5, 1988 35.1°F — Jul 1, 2001 6.00 in — Jul 2, 1975
August 100.9°F — Aug 1, 1989 30.9°F — Aug 20, 2004 6.97 in — Aug 20, 1983
September 97.0°F — Sep 5, 1978 21.9°F — Sep 21, 2002 3.02 in — Sep 24, 2010
October 87.1°F — Oct 5, 2011 6.1°F — Oct 30, 1991 5.00 in — Oct 4, 2012
November 72.0°F — Nov 5, 2016 -29.0°F — Nov 30, 1985 5.00 in — Nov 23, 2010
December 53.1°F — Dec 2, 1982 -36.0°F — Dec 31, 1973 5.00 in — Dec 22, 2002

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