All-time weather records — Watson, MN

Record high
109.9°F
July 31, 1988
Record low
-38.9°F
February 16, 1936
Wettest day
8.50 in
November 27, 2001

Climate change signal in Watson

1.9%

of Watson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (7 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
21
57
1900s
19
49
1910s
31
41
1920s
32
19
1930s
67
31
1940s
23
17
1950s
18
14
1960s
22
35
1970s
24
48
1980s
45
11
1990s
21
15
2000s
23
17
2010s
20
12

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 2017. Period of observation: 1893-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 24, 1981 -38.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.86 in — Jan 17, 1996
February 64.0°F — Feb 16, 1981 -38.9°F — Feb 16, 1936 2.50 in — Feb 19, 1984
March 88.0°F — Mar 24, 1910 -25.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 3.60 in — Mar 23, 1991
April 100.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 1.9°F — Apr 1, 1924 2.70 in — Apr 22, 1985
May 105.1°F — May 31, 1934 16.0°F — May 1, 1909 4.80 in — May 7, 1993
June 107.1°F — Jun 28, 1931 30.9°F — Jun 2, 1964 7.30 in — Jun 17, 1957
July 109.9°F — Jul 31, 1988 30.9°F — Jul 29, 1900 3.95 in — Jul 3, 1903
August 106.0°F — Aug 15, 1988 34.0°F — Aug 30, 1931 6.30 in — Aug 21, 2002
September 105.1°F — Sep 10, 1931 14.0°F — Sep 29, 1899 3.27 in — Sep 22, 1969
October 93.9°F — Oct 5, 1963 3.9°F — Oct 28, 1919 2.88 in — Oct 29, 2004
November 82.0°F — Nov 4, 1909 -20.9°F — Nov 30, 1964 8.50 in — Nov 27, 2001
December 72.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -33.0°F — Dec 29, 1917 2.00 in — Dec 28, 1982

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