The record book
December 16
110 December 16ths on record at the Grand Marais cooperative weather station (NWS COOP 213282), 1900 to 2026. The warmest was 1984, at 46°; the coldest morning 1926, at -20°. The normal is a high of 26° and a low of 12°.
Every December 16
The high that day
The low1991 to 2020 normal rangeRinged: the records. Move across a year for its numbers.
On this date
| Year | High | Low | Rain | Snow | On the ground | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28° | 14° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 2024 | 39° | 34° | 0.01 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 2023 | 42° | 32° | 0.36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2022 | 38° | 32° | 0.20 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| 2021 | 41° | 35° | 0.74 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2020 | 25° | 6° | 0.06 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 2019 | 15° | -1° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |
| 2018 | 40° | 26° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2017 | 15° | 2° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
| 2016 | 12° | -3° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 2015 | 35° | 24° | 0.20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2014 | 41° | 22° | 0.13 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2013 | 18° | -9° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 18.0 | |
| 2012 | 37° | 22° | 0.49 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2010 | 25° | 11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 5.0 | |
| 2009 | 21° | -11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2008 | 4° | -11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 14.0 | |
| 2007 | 22° | 1° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 13.0 | |
| 2006 | 36° | 25° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2005 | 35° | 14° | 0.04 | 0.0 | 10.0 | |
| 2004 | 37° | -4° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |
| 2003 | 33° | 27° | 0.15 | 2.5 | 3.0 | |
| 2002 | 30° | 19° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2001 | 41° | 32° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2000 | 31° | 18° | 0.20 | 4.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1999 | 31° | 3° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1998 | 40° | 27° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1997 | 45° | 33° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1996 | 33° | 8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1995 | 23° | -4° | 0.00 | 31.0 | ||
| 1994 | 35° | 31° | 0.04 | 1.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1993 | 36° | 29° | 0.00 | 5.0 | ||
| 1992 | 29° | 26° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A value flagged by NCEI |
| 1991 | 16° | -9° | 0.00 | 15.0 | ||
| 1990 | 34° | 26° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1989 | 14° | 0° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 13.0 | |
| 1988 | 20° | -5° | 0.00 | 6.0 | ||
| 1987 | 32° | 20° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1986 | 34° | 16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 5.0 | |
| 1985 | 6° | -10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 13.0 | |
| 1984 | 46°record | 33° | 1.78wettest | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1983 | 6° | -5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1982 | 30° | 11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1981 | 18° | 10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 1980 | 22° | 12° | 0.01 | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| 1979 | 15° | -11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1978 | 35° | 16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
| 1977 | 39° | 34° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1976 | 32° | 20° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 5.0 | |
| 1975 | 24° | 8° | 0.10 | 3.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1974 | 32° | 18° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| 1973 | 24° | 10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1972 | 12° | -5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1971 | 28° | 14° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1970 | 33° | 25° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 1969 | 27° | 23° | 0.10 | 0.8 | 12.0 | |
| 1968 | 28° | 21° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1967 | 36° | 16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1966 | 35° | 21° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1965 | 22° | 1° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1964 | 26° | 7° | 0.15 | 3.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1963 | 11° | -7° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |
| 1962 | 37° | 9° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1961 | 27° | 19° | 0.01 | 0.1 | 9.0 | |
| 1960 | 19° | 2° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1959 | 43° | 28° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1958 | 19° | -9° | 0.33 | 8.0snowiest | 13.0 | |
| 1957 | 30° | 15° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| 1956 | 33° | 4° | 0.13 | 1.8 | ||
| 1955 | 22° | 1° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1954 | 32° | 23° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1953 | 10° | -5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1952 | 38° | 26° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1951 | 8° | -16° | ||||
| 1950 | No reading | 0° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 5.0 | |
| 1949 | 39° | 5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1948 | 36° | 15° | 0.30 | 3.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1947 | 29° | 6° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |
| 1946 | 31° | 6° | 0.38 | 8.0snowiest | 8.0 | |
| 1945 | 8° | -6° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1944 | 26° | 13° | 0.07 | 0.7 | 1.0 | |
| 1943 | 27° | 10° | 0.00 | |||
| 1942 | 17° | 0° | 0.22 | 4.0 | 9.0 | |
| 1941 | 32° | 19° | 0.03 | 0.5 | 4.0 | |
| 1940 | 24° | 14° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 11.0 | |
| 1939 | 36° | 27° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A value flagged by NCEI |
| 1938 | 32° | 28° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1937 | 30° | 24° | 0.00 | |||
| 1936 | 45° | 25° | 0.00 | |||
| 1935 | 37° | 29° | 0.05 | 0.5 | A value flagged by NCEI | |
| 1934 | 31° | 25° | 0.00 | |||
| 1933 | 27° | 11° | 0.00 | |||
| 1932 | 10° | -12° | 0.10 | 1.0 | ||
| 1931 | 34° | 21° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1930 | 30° | 8° | 0.00 | |||
| 1929 | 23° | 4° | 0.00 | |||
| 1928 | 39° | 34° | 0.07 | 0.0 | ||
| 1927 | 25° | 7° | 8.0snowiest | |||
| 1926 | No reading | -20°record | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1925 | 33° | 11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1924 | 30° | No reading | 0.00 | |||
| 1923 | 40° | 23° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1921 | 25° | 17° | 0.05 | |||
| 1920 | 38° | 28° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1919 | -3° | -17° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1918 | 33° | 14° | 0.70 | 7.0 | 4.0 | |
| 1917 | 32° | No reading | 0.15 | 1.5 | ||
| 1916 | 17° | 5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1914 | 18° | No reading | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1913 | 43° | 11° | 0.00 |
All 110 years, newest first; a year with a value NCEI flagged says so. Grand Marais cooperative weather station (NWS COOP 213282), NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily; the period of record is 1900 to 2026. The station has moved within Grand Marais; the record is read as one series.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information: GHCN-Daily and the U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020.