All-time weather records — Williston, ND

Record high
109.9°F
July 5, 1936
Record low
-50.1°F
February 16, 1936
Wettest day
4.93 in
July 10, 1963

Climate change signal in Williston

3.8%

of Williston's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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
6
34
1900s
23
59
1910s
31
47
1920s
16
27
1930s
43
18
1940s
23
13
1950s
19
17
1960s
33
32
1970s
15
22
1980s
58
23
1990s
42
30
2000s
27
37
2010s
30
7

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 1894, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1894-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 5, 2012 -42.0°F — Jan 11, 1912 0.62 in — Jan 16, 1995
February 66.0°F — Feb 27, 1932 -50.1°F — Feb 16, 1936 0.70 in — Feb 22, 1961
March 84.0°F — Mar 22, 1910 -35.0°F — Mar 14, 1897 1.39 in — Mar 17, 2003
April 91.9°F — Apr 20, 1980 -15.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 2.20 in — Apr 18, 2006
May 106.0°F — May 22, 1980 10.0°F — May 3, 2005 1.73 in — May 9, 1953
June 108.0°F — Jun 16, 1931 26.1°F — Jun 4, 1998 3.05 in — Jun 9, 1932
July 109.9°F — Jul 5, 1936 34.0°F — Jul 3, 1967 4.93 in — Jul 10, 1963
August 108.0°F — Aug 7, 1949 32.0°F — Aug 22, 1908 3.04 in — Aug 21, 1993
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 1983 12.9°F — Sep 29, 1907 2.32 in — Sep 7, 2019
October 93.0°F — Oct 1, 1897 -9.0°F — Oct 30, 2002 1.82 in — Oct 2, 1971
November 75.9°F — Nov 7, 1999 -27.0°F — Nov 24, 1996 1.98 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 63.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -50.1°F — Dec 23, 1983 0.92 in — Dec 13, 2008

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