All-time Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Minneapolis

Official weather temperature records have been kept in Minneapolis, Minnesota since 1872. These are the all-time record hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in the city of Minneapolis since 1872.

Minneapolis has a very wide range between its all-time hottest and coldest temperatures, but the city still has a milder climate than the extremes that exist in the state of Minnesota.

The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Minneapolis is 149 degrees. The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Minnesota is 174 degrees; a significant difference of 25 degrees.

I've been to Minneapolis a few times, and once went to a Twins game at the old Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome with some friends. Everyone we talked with at the game who lived in Minnesota could not stand the Metrodome.

The Twins fans all said that the winters in Minneapolis were so bad, the last thing they wanted to do when the weather was nice was to sit inside to watch a baseball game. The Minnesota Twins eventually listened to their fans, and opened up a beautiful brand new outdoor ballpark called Target Field in 2010.

All-time Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Minneapolis is 108 Degrees

The all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Minneapolis is 108 degrees, which occurred on July 14, 1936. Considering how far north the city of Minneapolis is, that is a pretty hot record temperature.

Since 1872, Minneapolis has had 10 days when the temperature reached or exceeded 105 degrees. Except for one date, July 31, 1988, when it was 105 degrees, all the other dates occurred in either 1936 or 1934.

Those were two very hot years in the United States, as 18 total record high temperatures were set by states in those two years combined.

• All-time Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Minnesota is 114 Degrees 

The record hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Minnesota is 114 degrees, which occurred on July 6, 1936, in Moorhead. The city of Moorhead is located in northwest Minnesota, right across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota.

Despite the fact that Moorhead is located some 230 miles northwest of Minneapolis, the hottest temperature ever recorded in Minnesota is six degrees hotter than Minneapolis' record hottest temperature. Not a huge difference, but still a statistically significant difference.

All-time Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Minneapolis is -41 Degrees

The all-time record coldest temperature ever recorded in Minneapolis is -41 degrees, which occurred on January 21, 1888. As anyone who lives in Minneapolis knows, it can get ridiculously cold in the city.

Below zero temperature days are not at all uncommon in Minneapolis. They occur almost ever winter, and sometimes in the fall too. However, Minnesota has not approached its record cold temperature of -41 degrees since January 19, 1970, when it was -34 degrees.

Of the nine coldest temperatures ever recorded in the city, including the -34 degrees in 1970, seven of the dates occurred in the late 1800s.

• All-time Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in the State of Minnesota is -60 Degrees 

The all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Minnesota is -60 degrees, which occurred on February 2, 1996, in the small city of Tower. Located in northeastern Minnesota, the city of Tower is some 220 miles north of Minneapolis.

Only five states in the United States have ever recorded a lower temperature than -60 degrees, while two states, Idaho and North Dakota, have tied it. The -60 degrees in Tower is the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States east of the Mississippi River. If you live in the state of Minnesota, you had better not mind cold temperatures in the winter.

The difference between the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in Minneapolis (-41) and the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Minnesota (-60) is 19 degrees. A much larger difference than the six degrees between the all-time hottest temperatures ever recorded in Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota.