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Minnesota Weather Records

11 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for Minnesota, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 115°F at Beardsley to -60°F at Tower.

Maximum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
115°FJuly 29, 1917Beardsley210541N1A

The previously reported record of 114 degrees F was reported by observer at Moorhead on 7\/6\/1936 as 113.6 degrees F (unlikely to be accurate given the 1-degree precision of the mercury in glass thermometer in use at the time), and rounded to 114 degrees F. The extreme reported above for Beardsley was observed as 114.5 degrees F and has been rounded to 115 degrees F per current rounding practices.

Minimum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
-60°FFebruary 2, 1996Tower218311E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
15.1 inchesAugust 19, 2007Hokah 1S213808NS

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
36 inchesJanuary 7, 1994Wolf Ridge ELC219134E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Snow Depth

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
88 inchesFebruary 21, 1969Meadowlands 1NNW215298E1
88 inchesFebruary 20, 1969Meadowlands 1NNW215298E1
88 inchesFebruary 19, 1969Meadowlands 1NNW215298E1
88 inchesFebruary 18, 1969Meadowlands 1NNW215298E1
88 inchesFebruary 17, 1969Meadowlands 1NNW215298E1
88 inchesFebruary 16, 1969Meadowlands 1NNW215298E1
88 inchesFebruary 15, 1969Meadowlands 1NNW215298E1

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.