All-time weather records — Wheaton, MN

Record high
113.0°F
July 16, 1936
Record low
-38.0°F
January 13, 1916
Wettest day
7.02 in
June 2, 2007

Climate change signal in Wheaton

6.6%

of Wheaton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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
9
60
1920s
27
86
1930s
88
67
1940s
34
27
1950s
36
20
1960s
25
27
1970s
20
29
1980s
45
16
1990s
31
14
2000s
18
7
2010s
18
10
2020s
15
3

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 1914, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1914-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -38.0°F — Jan 13, 1916 2.05 in — Jan 5, 1997
February 66.0°F — Feb 2, 1991 -35.0°F — Feb 16, 1936 5.00 in — Feb 19, 1924
March 84.0°F — Mar 31, 1963 -29.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.10 in — Mar 19, 1982
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -7.1°F — Apr 1, 1924 2.20 in — Apr 26, 1924
May 106.0°F — May 31, 1934 14.0°F — May 6, 1925 4.27 in — May 10, 1920
June 106.0°F — Jun 16, 1933 30.9°F — Jun 9, 1915 7.02 in — Jun 2, 2007
July 113.0°F — Jul 16, 1936 37.9°F — Jul 19, 1921 4.90 in — Jul 8, 1950
August 109.0°F — Aug 10, 1947 30.9°F — Aug 30, 1931 3.95 in — Aug 31, 1982
September 108.0°F — Sep 10, 1931 18.0°F — Sep 29, 1939 3.30 in — Sep 2, 2006
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1963 -4.0°F — Oct 26, 1919 2.90 in — Oct 5, 1946
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -17.0°F — Nov 24, 1951 1.75 in — Nov 19, 2024
December 73.9°F — Dec 9, 1939 -38.0°F — Dec 19, 1915 1.50 in — Dec 26, 2023

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