The record book
December 21
108 December 21sts on record at the Grand Marais cooperative weather station (NWS COOP 213282), 1900 to 2026. The warmest was 1923, at 47°; the coldest morning 1989, at -19°. The normal is a high of 25° and a low of 11°.
Every December 21
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 | 26° | -3° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 2024 | 18° | -2° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 2023 | 33° | 23° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2022 | 11° | -12° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |
| 2021 | 24° | 1° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2020 | 34° | 18° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2019 | 34° | 27° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
| 2018 | 34° | 11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2017 | 16° | 4° | 0.03 | 0.5 | 7.0 | |
| 2016 | 36° | 16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| 2015 | 31° | 19° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2014 | 34° | 31° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 2013 | 22° | 10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 21.0 | |
| 2012 | 28° | 9° | 0.04 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
| 2010 | 31° | 24° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| 2009 | 26° | 14° | 0.15 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 2008 | 21° | -13° | 0.28 | 5.0snowiest | 22.0 | |
| 2007 | 37° | 35° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 11.0 | A value flagged by NCEI |
| 2006 | 39° | 15° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2005 | 30° | 13° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |
| 2004 | 26° | 8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 11.0 | |
| 2003 | 37° | 10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 2002 | 34° | 24° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2001 | 31° | 11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1999 | 6° | -16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1998 | 21° | -2° | 0.05 | 2.0 | 6.0 | |
| 1997 | 33° | 15° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1996 | 28° | 4° | 0.25 | 4.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1995 | 24° | 4° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 26.0 | |
| 1994 | 37° | 26° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1993 | 25° | 9° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 5.0 | |
| 1992 | 30° | 7° | 0.07 | 1.0 | ||
| 1991 | 36° | 31° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 19.0 | |
| 1990 | 33° | 3° | 0.06 | 3.0 | 13.0 | |
| 1989 | -7° | -19°record | 0.00 | 0.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1988 | 21° | 4° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1987 | 32° | 14° | 0.00 | 3.0 | ||
| 1986 | 34° | 16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1985 | 21° | -10° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1984 | 33° | 13° | 0.08 | 2.1 | 2.0 | |
| 1983 | 25° | 5° | 0.04 | 3.9 | 12.0 | |
| 1982 | 25° | 11° | 0.02 | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| 1981 | 38° | 28° | 0.64wettest | 4.2 | 0.0 | |
| 1980 | 15° | -5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
| 1979 | 39° | 27° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| 1978 | 28° | 12° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |
| 1977 | 38° | 23° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1976 | 16° | -5° | 0.00 | 0.2 | 3.0 | |
| 1975 | 29° | 5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1974 | 30° | 24° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 5.0 | |
| 1973 | 23° | -2° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1972 | 33° | 17° | 0.07 | 0.6 | 1.0 | |
| 1971 | 26° | -6° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |
| 1970 | 17° | -5° | 0.01 | 0.5 | 1.0 | |
| 1969 | 21° | 2° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 11.0 | |
| 1968 | 25° | 17° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |
| 1967 | 44° | 8° | 0.28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1966 | 17° | 5° | 0.01 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1965 | 31° | 22° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1964 | 28° | 7° | 0.02 | 0.3 | 9.0 | |
| 1963 | 19° | 0° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8.0 | |
| 1962 | 28° | 22° | 0.01 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| 1961 | 27° | 20° | 0.01 | 0.2 | 8.0 | |
| 1960 | 1° | -8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1959 | 22° | 2° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1958 | 14° | -16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 12.0 | |
| 1957 | 33° | 24° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| 1956 | 38° | 29° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1955 | 22° | 2° | 0.14 | 1.5 | ||
| 1954 | 32° | No reading | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1953 | 33° | 12° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1952 | 33° | 24° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1951 | 10° | 7° | ||||
| 1950 | 25° | No reading | 0.45 | 4.5 | 5.0 | |
| 1949 | 30° | 5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1948 | 29° | 23° | 0.05 | 0.5 | 12.0 | |
| 1947 | 35° | 14° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |
| 1946 | 35° | 30° | 0.22 | 2.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1945 | 8° | -5° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 1944 | 6° | -14° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| 1943 | 13° | 1° | 0.00 | |||
| 1942 | 30° | 8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 14.0 | |
| 1941 | 37° | 27° | 0.03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1940 | 46° | 20° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 11.0 | |
| 1939 | 32° | 13° | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1938 | 26° | 16° | 0.00 | |||
| 1937 | No reading | No reading | 0.11 | 2.0 | ||
| 1936 | 25° | 15° | 0.00 | |||
| 1935 | 10° | -10° | 0.00 | |||
| 1934 | 24° | 15° | 0.00 | |||
| 1933 | 28° | 2° | 0.10 | 1.5 | ||
| 1932 | 34° | 26° | 0.00 | |||
| 1931 | 39° | 35° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1930 | 29° | 12° | 0.00 | |||
| 1929 | 12° | 3° | 0.00 | |||
| 1928 | 16° | -8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1927 | 20° | 10° | 0.00 | A value flagged by NCEI | ||
| 1926 | 26° | 20° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1925 | 22° | 4° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1924 | 3° | -17° | 0.00 | |||
| 1923 | 47°record | 26° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1921 | -5° | -14° | 0.00 | A value flagged by NCEI | ||
| 1920 | 24° | 11° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1919 | 25° | 16° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1918 | 34° | 28° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1917 | 25° | -2° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1916 | 10° | -8° | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1914 | 25° | No reading | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 1913 | 47°record | 8° | 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.