All-time weather records — Washburn, ND

Record high
115.0°F
July 7, 1936
Record low
-45.0°F
February 16, 1936
Wettest day
3.95 in
July 30, 1956

Climate change signal in Washburn

0%

of Washburn's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
22
92
1900s
31
34
1910s
28
63
1920s
2
12
1930s
64
33
1940s
25
21
1950s
23
27
1960s
30
29
1970s
29
12
1980s
54
13
1990s
23
13
2000s
33
16
2010s
2
1

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 1893, the latest in 2010. Period of observation: 1893-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 9, 2002 -42.0°F — Jan 15, 2009 0.81 in — Jan 24, 1950
February 69.1°F — Feb 25, 1958 -45.0°F — Feb 16, 1936 2.00 in — Feb 11, 2003
March 82.9°F — Mar 23, 1910 -41.1°F — Mar 14, 1897 1.56 in — Mar 20, 1894
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -8.0°F — Apr 2, 1899 2.35 in — Apr 29, 1970
May 102.0°F — May 30, 1934 10.0°F — May 5, 1931 2.32 in — May 12, 1985
June 107.1°F — Jun 28, 1988 21.0°F — Jun 7, 1897 3.90 in — Jun 18, 1964
July 115.0°F — Jul 7, 1936 30.9°F — Jul 20, 1898 3.95 in — Jul 30, 1956
August 108.0°F — Aug 7, 1983 28.0°F — Aug 31, 1895 2.55 in — Aug 12, 1999
September 105.1°F — Sep 3, 1897 16.0°F — Sep 19, 1893 3.02 in — Sep 12, 1978
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 1963 -9.9°F — Oct 26, 1919 1.76 in — Oct 5, 1998
November 77.0°F — Nov 1, 1999 -27.0°F — Nov 29, 1896 1.00 in — Nov 2, 1956
December 64.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -40.0°F — Dec 7, 2009 0.80 in — Dec 25, 1950

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