All-time weather records — Wood Lake, MN

Record high
105.1°F
September 17, 1895
Record low
-36.0°F
January 30, 2019
Wettest day
5.25 in
August 16, 2017

Climate change signal in Wood Lake

56.6%

of Wood Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (207 of 366 records since 2015).

25.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (94 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
72
145
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1990s
·
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2000s
23
68
2010s
136
112
2020s
135
41

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: 1893-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 5, 2012 -36.0°F — Jan 30, 2019 1.04 in — Jan 17, 2020
February 66.9°F — Feb 26, 2024 -33.0°F — Feb 1, 1893 0.89 in — Feb 20, 2011
March 82.9°F — Mar 16, 2012 -22.0°F — Mar 2, 2014 1.39 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 93.9°F — Apr 23, 2009 -0.9°F — Apr 3, 1896 2.44 in — Apr 12, 1896
May 99.0°F — May 19, 2009 25.0°F — May 3, 2011 4.68 in — May 11, 2022
June 104.0°F — Jun 5, 2021 34.0°F — Jun 28, 1895 3.88 in — Jun 23, 1951
July 104.0°F — Jul 11, 1894 36.0°F — Jul 9, 1895 3.42 in — Jul 23, 2016
August 102.9°F — Aug 22, 2023 34.0°F — Aug 31, 1895 5.25 in — Aug 16, 2017
September 105.1°F — Sep 17, 1895 19.9°F — Sep 27, 1893 2.54 in — Sep 12, 2019
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 2023 6.1°F — Oct 29, 1895 1.93 in — Oct 13, 2023
November 84.0°F — Nov 4, 2020 -16.1°F — Nov 24, 1893 1.60 in — Nov 19, 2024
December 62.1°F — Dec 7, 2023 -34.1°F — Dec 31, 2009 3.00 in — Dec 12, 2006

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