Madison/Lac Qui Parle Cnty
Weather station · 45.0°N 96.2°W · 327 m above sea level
ICAO KDXXStation data since 1940
Record high
33.3°C
in 2007
Record low
−3.9°C
in 1983
Average high
20.2°C
all years on record
17.3°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 16.0°C against 33.3°C in 2007. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
43.3°C
- Date
- Sunday, 31 July 1988
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Madison/Lac Qui Parle Cnty, United States
- Position
- 44.98°N 96.18°W · 327 m
Highest highest in available records since 1940. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−37.8°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 9 February 1994
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Madison/Lac Qui Parle Cnty, United States
- Position
- 44.98°N 96.18°W · 327 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1940. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Madison/Lac Qui Parle Cnty is
44.98°N 96.18°W
Madison/Lac Qui Parle Cnty
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Today is already hotter than 51% of all days recorded here since 1940.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1940. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 81.1°C.
From our dataRecord high 43.3°C against record low −37.8°C. - 3
At 06:35 UTC this morning it was 9.1°C. By 00:15 UTC it was 16.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Every year on record
1940 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 79 years with data: -0.08 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
19.4°
−37.2°
Feb
18.9°
−37.8°
Mar
28.9°
−30.6°
Apr
35.6°
−17.8°
May
38.9°
−6.7°
Jun
40.6°
0.0°
Jul
43.3°
4.4°
Aug
43.3°
1.1°
Sep
37.8°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 16.0°C | 00:15 UTC | 9.1°C | 06:35 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 20.5°C | 21:15 UTC | 15.0°C | 15:35 UTC |
Nearby stations
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1940 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |