NWS Bismarck, ND Climate Normals/Extremes

Normals/Extremes

Williston
Dickinson
Minot
Bismarck
Jamestown
Summer
Winter

Bismarck Climate Data

Bismarck Normals (1971-2000)
Month	Max Temp	Min Temp	Precipitation
January February March April May June July August September October November December	21.1 28.5 40.2 55.9 69.1 77.8 84.5 83.3 71.6 58.2 38.2 25.7	-0.6 7.8 19.1 30.6 42.8 51.6 56.4 54.7 43.7 32.1 17.8 4.8	0.45 0.51 0.85 1.46 2.22 2.59 2.58 2.15 1.61 1.28 0.70 0.44

Bismarck Record Temperatures
Month	Max Temp	Year	Min Temp	Year
January February March April May June July August September October November December	62 69 81 93 102 111 114 109 105 95 79 66	1981 1992 1910/1946 1980/1992 1934 2002 1936 1941 1931/1959 1953/1963 1999 1939	-45 -45 -36 -12 13 30 32 32 10 -10 -30 -43	1916 1936 1897 1975 1907 1969 1884 1895/1911 1876 1919/91 1985 1967

Minot Climate Data

Minot Normals (1971-2000)
Month	Max Temp	Min Temp	Precipitation
January February March April May June July August September October November December	18.2 25.2 36.6 59.7 67.2 75.6 81.2 80.6 68.4 55.2 35.0 23.0	1.4 9.1 19.4 31.8 44.0 53.1 57.9 55.7 45.5 34.2 19.4 6.7	0.65 0.53 1.05 1.55 2.31 3.15 2.70 1.95 1.74 1.32 0.86 0.63

Minot Record Temperatures
Month	Max Temp	Year	Min Temp	Year
January February March April May June July August September October November December	59 65 80 98 105 109 109 107 106 94 73 66	1906 1988 1910 1915 1934 1910 1936 1949 1978 1963 1983 1939	-47 -49 -31 -9 9 24 30 26 4 -16 -27 -44	1916 1936 1923 1936 1909 1915 1922 1915 1919 1919 1905 1916

Dickinson Climate Data

Dickinson Normals (1971-2000)
Month	Max Temp	Min Temp	Precipitation
January February March April May June July August September October November December	23.7 30.7 40.9 54.9 67.1 76.0 83.2 82.8 70.6 57.6 38.7 27.9	4.6 11.6 19.9 30.6 41.9 50.8 55.6 54.5 43.8 33.0 19.3 8.4	0.37 0.43 0.69 1.76 2.28 3.31 2.11 1.51 1.62 1.34 0.59 0.34

Dickinson Record Temperatures
Month	Max Temp	Year	Min Temp	Year
January February March April May June July August September October November December	63 68 85 94 102 109 114 108 104 94 79 68	1981 1992 1910 1980 1934 1936 1936 1949 1948/78 1953/63 1965 1939	-44 -47 -33 -10 4 28 33 26 12 -15 -22 -37	1912/16 1936 1948 1975 1967 1915/17/19 1934/42 1911 1926 1925 1921 1929

Jamestown Climate Data

Jamestown Normals (1971-2000)
Month	Max Temp	Min Temp	Precipitation
January February March April May June July August September October November December	17.9 24.9 36.7 54.2 69.1 77.2 83.0 81.9 70.3 56.4 35.6 22.4	-0.5 6.9 19.1 31.5 44.2 53.5 58.3 56.1 45.4 33.9 18.6 5.2	0.62 0.52 0.89 1.36 2.21 3.05 3.22 2.33 1.74 1.40 0.71 0.44

Jamestown Record Temperatures
Month	Max Temp	Year	Min Temp	Year
January February March April May June July August September October November December	56 64 80 97 107 107 118 107 107 94 77 67	1908 1958 1946 1992 1934 1933/36 1936 1947 1931 1970/92 1904/78 1939	-40 -41 -29 -8 8 27 35 29 15 -6 -27 -39	1916/18 1936 1948 1899 1909 1910 1945 1907 1929 1895/1919 1905 1916

Williston Climate Data

Williston Normals (1971-2000)
Month	Max Temp	Min Temp	Precipitation
January February March April May June July August September October November December	19.4 27.6 40.1 56.0 68.2 77.3 83.4 82.8 70.0 57.0 36.2 24.0	-3.3 5.9 17.2 29.1 40.9 50.1 55.2 53.8 42.2 30.2 14.9 2.1	0.54 0.39 0.74 1.05 1.88 2.36 2.28 1.48 1.35 0.87 0.65 0.57

Williston Record Temperatures
Month	Max Temp	Year	Min Temp	Year
January February March April May June July August September October November December	55 66 84 92 106 108 110 108 104 93 73 63	1944 1932/92 1910 1980 1980 1931 1936 1949 1983 1897/1963 1981 1939	-42 -50 -35 -15 26 30 34 32 13 -3 -27 -50	1907/12/16 1936 1897 1975 1998 1903/15/69 1967 1908 1907 1895/1991 1996 1983

Summer Extremes

How hot does it get in North Dakota? Here is a table of selected cities around the state that shows the months where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees and the record high for that month.

Max All-time Temperature
	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Williston	106	108	110	108	104
Dickinson	102	109	114	108	104
Minot	105	109	109	107	106
Bismarck	102	107	114	109	105
Jamestown	107	107	118	107	107
Devils Lake	106	103	112	103	103
Grand Forks	105	105	109	104	102
Fargo	(98)	100	106	106	102

The highest temperature ever recorded in North Dakota was 121 degrees in Steele on July 6, 1936.

Looking at the temperature records for Bismarck, the longest period without exceeding 100 degrees was from August 28, 1991 (101 degrees) to July 28, 1999 (106 degrees). The most consecutive days with 100 degrees or more was eight (July 5-12, 1936). Finally, the warmest overnight low was 83 degrees set on July 11, 1936.

Winter Extremes

Bismarck 10 Coldest and Warmest Winters (Dec-Feb)

	Coldest	Warmest
1	-0.4 1886-87	25.9 1930-31
2	0.2 1935-36	25.2 1991-92
3	0.8 1874-75	25.1 1877-78
4	2.5 1884-85	24.2 1982-83
5	2.5 1949-50	24.1 1986-87
6	2.6 1978-79	24.0 1997-98
7	3.9 1916-17	22.0 2001-02
8	4.4 1880-81	21.1 1999-2000
9	5.2 1887-88	20.9 1925-26
10	5.3 1948-49	20.4 1907-08

Western and Central North Dakota Winter Temperatures

Minimum All-time Temperature
	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb
Williston	-27	-50	-42	-50
Dickinson	-22	-37	-44	-47
Minot	-27	-44	-47	-49
Bismarck	-30	-43	-45	-45
Jamestown	-27	-40	-41	-42

The coldest temperature ever recorded occurred in the same year, 60 below zero in Parshall on February 15, 1936.

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