All-time weather records — Waterville, MN

Record high
106.0°F
May 31, 1934
Record low
-36.9°F
January 5, 1924
Wettest day
7.64 in
September 22, 2016

Climate change signal in Waterville

12.3%

of Waterville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (45 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
3
43
1920s
44
55
1930s
85
40
1940s
31
26
1950s
23
35
1960s
17
35
1970s
16
43
1980s
33
24
1990s
23
22
2000s
28
11
2010s
31
21
2020s
32
11

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 1915, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1915-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 25, 1944 -36.9°F — Jan 5, 1924 1.40 in — Jan 20, 1988
February 69.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -35.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.96 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 86.0°F — Mar 29, 2025 -29.0°F — Mar 3, 2019 3.00 in — Mar 11, 1918
April 91.9°F — Apr 16, 2002 -2.9°F — Apr 1, 1924 2.00 in — Apr 4, 1945
May 106.0°F — May 31, 1934 19.0°F — May 3, 1967 2.95 in — May 19, 1917
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1934 30.9°F — Jun 6, 1916 4.30 in — Jun 5, 1930
July 106.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 39.0°F — Jul 3, 1917 4.41 in — Jul 26, 2020
August 102.9°F — Aug 1, 1988 34.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 6.19 in — Aug 17, 2025
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 1925 19.9°F — Sep 30, 1939 7.64 in — Sep 22, 2016
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 1997 -0.9°F — Oct 29, 1925 2.90 in — Oct 7, 1931
November 80.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -20.9°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.64 in — Nov 30, 1991
December 68.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -35.0°F — Dec 24, 1983 1.78 in — Dec 28, 1982

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