The record book
December 17
108 December 17ths on record at the Grand Marais cooperative weather station (NWS COOP 213282), 1900 to 2026. The warmest was 2025, at 45°; the coldest morning 1919, at -25°. The normal is a high of 26° and a low of 12°.
Every December 17
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 | 45°record | 17° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2024 | 38° | 27° | 0.02 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 2023 | 40° | 30° | 0.08 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2022 | 35° | 28° | 0.25 | 1.7 | 5.0 | |
| 2021 | 39° | 9° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2020 | 32° | 22° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 2019 | 22° | 5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 2018 | 44° | 15° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2017 | 29° | 6° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
| 2016 | 15° | -1° | 0.01 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 2015 | 37° | 22° | 1.22wettest | 4.5 | 1.0 | |
| 2014 | 22° | 15° | 0.22 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |
| 2013 | 17° | 7° | 0.09 | 4.5 | 22.0 | |
| 2012 | 37° | 23° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2010 | 24° | 13° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 5.0 | |
| 2009 | 23° | 15° | 0.04 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| 2008 | 12° | -8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 14.0 | |
| 2007 | 27° | -4° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 13.0 | |
| 2006 | 33° | 18° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2005 | 22° | 10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10.0 | |
| 2004 | 23° | 8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |
| 2003 | 28° | 10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 2002 | 36° | 29° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2001 | 41° | 35° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2000 | 28° | 3° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1999 | No reading | No reading | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1998 | 33° | 18° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1997 | 43° | 21° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1995 | 29° | 19° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 31.0 | |
| 1994 | 35° | 25° | 0.00 | |||
| 1993 | 37° | 30° | 0.00 | 5.0 | ||
| 1992 | 31° | 9° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1991 | 24° | -5° | 0.17 | 4.0 | 19.0 | |
| 1990 | 36° | 24° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1989 | 22° | 9° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 13.0 | |
| 1988 | 18° | 3° | 0.00 | 6.0 | ||
| 1987 | 23° | 8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1986 | 32° | 30° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 5.0 | |
| 1985 | 4° | -13° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 13.0 | |
| 1984 | 40° | 8° | 0.02 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
| 1983 | 4° | -10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1982 | 34° | 21° | 0.12 | 0.8 | 1.0 | |
| 1981 | 15° | 3° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1980 | 38° | 20° | 0.55 | 4.0 | 7.0 | |
| 1979 | 16° | 0° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1978 | 30° | 10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
| 1977 | 39° | 34° | 0.61 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| 1976 | 34° | 27° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| 1975 | 8° | -1° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |
| 1974 | 20° | 10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| 1973 | 21° | 17° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1972 | 27° | -1° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1971 | 14° | -2° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1970 | 30° | 22° | 0.02 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| 1969 | 32° | 24° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1968 | 30° | 19° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1967 | 40° | 33° | 0.70 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1966 | 35° | 22° | 0.40 | 5.5 | 8.0 | |
| 1965 | 23° | 8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1964 | 8° | -5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |
| 1963 | 13° | -2° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1962 | 37° | 32° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1961 | 33° | 21° | 0.15 | 1.5 | 10.0 | |
| 1960 | 14° | 0° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1959 | 37° | 20° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1958 | 23° | -7° | 0.05 | 1.0 | 14.0 | |
| 1957 | 35° | 12° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1956 | 19° | -2° | 0.05 | 1.0 | ||
| 1955 | 15° | -4° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1954 | 34° | 27° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1953 | 18° | -1° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1952 | 33° | 16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1951 | 6° | No reading | ||||
| 1950 | No reading | 3° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1949 | 34° | 32° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1948 | 35° | 11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1947 | 19° | -6° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |
| 1946 | 29° | -4° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1945 | 1° | -9° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1944 | 18° | -6° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 1943 | 34° | 20° | 0.00 | |||
| 1942 | 25° | 10° | 0.35 | 6.0snowiest | 15.0 | |
| 1941 | 40° | 16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1940 | 30° | 4° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 11.0 | |
| 1939 | 35° | 30° | 0.00 | 0.5 | 5.0 | A value flagged by NCEI |
| 1938 | 31° | 11° | 0.00 | |||
| 1937 | 31° | 24° | 0.00 | |||
| 1936 | 34° | 15° | 0.00 | |||
| 1935 | 32° | 26° | 0.00 | |||
| 1934 | 27° | 15° | 0.00 | |||
| 1933 | 31° | 14° | 0.00 | |||
| 1932 | 14° | 8° | 0.00 | |||
| 1931 | 35° | 26° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1930 | 30° | 29° | 0.00 | |||
| 1929 | 18° | 2° | 0.20 | |||
| 1928 | 34° | 18° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1927 | 8° | 2° | 0.00 | |||
| 1926 | No reading | -12° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1925 | 29° | 5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1924 | 19° | 8° | 0.00 | |||
| 1923 | 39° | 20° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1921 | 19° | 4° | 0.00 | |||
| 1920 | 40° | 24° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1919 | -5° | -25°record | 0.00 | 0.0 | A value flagged by NCEI | |
| 1918 | 35° | 32° | 0.00 | 0.0 | A value flagged by NCEI | |
| 1917 | 37° | 27° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1916 | 9° | -5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1914 | 13° | No reading | 0.1 | |||
| 1913 | 45°record | 11° | 0.00 |
All 109 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.