All-time weather records — Willow City, ND

Record high
109.9°F
July 11, 1936
Record low
-54.0°F
January 13, 1916
Wettest day
6.90 in
May 9, 1982

Climate change signal in Willow City

6.8%

of Willow City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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
9
67
1900s
28
36
1910s
31
73
1920s
26
24
1930s
58
36
1940s
26
21
1950s
28
15
1960s
21
23
1970s
15
20
1980s
36
11
1990s
27
17
2000s
24
2
2010s
27
4
2020s
10
17

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 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.0°F — Jan 6, 2012 -54.0°F — Jan 13, 1916 0.80 in — Jan 12, 1932
February 63.0°F — Feb 28, 1988 -54.0°F — Feb 1, 1893 1.20 in — Feb 1, 1922
March 82.9°F — Mar 23, 1910 -45.0°F — Mar 15, 1897 1.47 in — Mar 26, 1945
April 97.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -22.0°F — Apr 2, 1979 2.35 in — Apr 29, 1896
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1934 10.0°F — May 1, 1909 6.90 in — May 9, 1982
June 107.1°F — Jun 17, 1931 21.9°F — Jun 1, 1964 4.64 in — Jun 22, 1947
July 109.9°F — Jul 11, 1936 30.0°F — Jul 4, 1987 3.68 in — Jul 16, 1974
August 105.1°F — Aug 7, 1988 26.1°F — Aug 26, 1915 4.04 in — Aug 15, 2024
September 102.0°F — Sep 7, 1976 -33.0°F — Sep 27, 1894 3.21 in — Sep 5, 1971
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 -13.0°F — Oct 31, 1991 2.64 in — Oct 7, 1994
November 75.0°F — Nov 2, 1903 -33.0°F — Nov 24, 1985 1.68 in — Nov 7, 2008
December 64.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -44.0°F — Dec 23, 1983 1.01 in — Dec 2, 1982

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