Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Viking. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Viking, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
11.1 C (52.0 F)
-50.0 C (-58.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
12.8 C (55.0 F)
-56.2 C (-69.2 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
18.9 C (66.0 F)
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
34.4 C (93.9 F)
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
37.2 C (99.0 F)
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
39.4 C (102.9 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
36.7 C (98.1 F)
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
35.0 C (95.0 F)
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
20.6 C (69.1 F)
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
14.4 C (57.9 F)
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Viking still stand. 1936 holds the most, with 68.
Standing records at Viking by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1923
14
1924
31
1925
25
1926
33
1927
27
1928
36
1929
37
1930
40
1931
39
1932
26
1933
33
1934
43
1935
38
1936
68
1937
18
1938
22
1939
48
1940
29
1941
17
1942
34
1943
29
1944
23
1945
25
1946
24
1947
19
1948
15
1949
25
1950
44
1951
37
1952
15
1953
15
1954
35
1955
27
1956
26
1957
26
1958
19
1959
26
1960
13
1961
15
1962
32
1963
29
1964
19
1965
38
1966
16
1967
23
1968
34
1969
5
1976
3
1977
30
1978
19
1979
19
1980
24
1981
33
1982
12
1983
12
All-Time Record Progression
3 new records
3 all-time records were set at Viking between 13 July 1953 and 3 December 1977. Each dot is a new record.
When Viking set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1953-07-13
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 21.1 C (70.0 F)
1962-07-14
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1977-12-03
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jul: 65.5 mm (2.6 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Viking. The most was 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 14 July 1962.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Viking
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
6 January 1969
Feb
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
29 February 1932
Mar
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1 March 1933
Apr
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
29 April 1934
May
41.7 mm (1.6 in)
24 May 1967
Jun
61.8 mm (2.4 in)
18 June 1983
Jul
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
14 July 1962
Aug
65.0 mm (2.6 in)
15 August 1978
Sep
56.6 mm (2.2 in)
7 September 1978
Oct
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
30 October 1924
Nov
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
26 November 1929
Dec
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
3 December 1977
Period of Record Coverage
1923 to 1983
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
55 years of record at Viking, 1923 to 1983. 6 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1923, 1929, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1976.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 47 complete years at Viking, 1924 to 1982. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 1.8 C (35.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1950, at -0.8 C (30.5 F), and the warmest was 1981, at 4.7 C (40.5 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 3.0 C (5.4 F).
Annual mean temperature at Viking as warming stripes, 1924 to 1982
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1924
1.9 C
+0.13 C
1925
1.5 C
-0.24 C
1926
1.9 C
+0.15 C
1927
-0.4 C
-2.20 C
1928
2.5 C
+0.77 C
1930
2.9 C
+1.18 C
1931
3.8 C
+2.03 C
1932
1.2 C
-0.58 C
1933
-0.1 C
-1.87 C
1934
2.5 C
+0.74 C
1935
0.2 C
-1.60 C
1936
0.2 C
-1.52 C
1937
1.1 C
-0.67 C
1938
2.8 C
+1.01 C
1939
2.6 C
+0.82 C
1940
1.7 C
-0.03 C
1941
2.7 C
+0.95 C
1942
1.9 C
+0.18 C
1943
2.5 C
+0.72 C
1944
3.0 C
+1.22 C
1945
0.4 C
-1.34 C
1946
1.4 C
-0.40 C
1947
1.5 C
-0.29 C
1948
1.2 C
-0.59 C
1949
1.4 C
-0.39 C
1950
-0.8 C
-2.58 C
1951
-0.8 C
-2.58 C
1952
2.3 C
+0.49 C
1953
2.8 C
+0.99 C
1954
1.5 C
-0.27 C
1955
0.5 C
-1.26 C
1956
1.5 C
-0.25 C
1957
2.2 C
+0.47 C
1958
2.9 C
+1.16 C
1959
2.0 C
+0.24 C
1962
2.2 C
+0.46 C
1963
3.3 C
+1.53 C
1964
2.1 C
+0.30 C
1965
0.7 C
-1.02 C
1967
1.6 C
-0.18 C
1968
2.2 C
+0.39 C
1977
2.8 C
+0.99 C
1978
1.9 C
+0.12 C
1979
1.9 C
+0.13 C
1980
2.7 C
+0.89 C
1981
4.7 C
+2.98 C
1982
0.5 C
-1.25 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1924 to 1982 is 0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.3) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.6) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 47 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Viking
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.3) per decade
0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.6) per decade
1924 to 1982
47
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.2) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.5 to 0.3) per decade
1924 to 1982
47
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.3 C (0.1 to 0.5) per decade
0.6 F (0.2 to 0.9) per decade
1924 to 1982
47
Rise
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1922 to 1983
Yearly extremes at Viking: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1924
33.3 C (91.9 F)
55
Coldest night (TNn)
-56.2 C (-69.2 F)
1936
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
55
Wettest day (Rx1day)
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1962
33.7 mm (1.3 in)
56
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
137.9 mm (5.4 in)
1962
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
56
Longest dry spell (CDD)
62 days
1977
31 days
56
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Viking, 1922 to 1983. The record is 39.4 C (102.9 F) in 1924, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.3 C (91.9 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Viking by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1922
n/a
1923
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1924
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1925
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1926
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1927
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1928
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1929
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1930
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1931
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1932
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1933
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1934
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1935
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1936
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1937
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1938
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1939
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1940
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1941
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1942
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1943
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1944
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1945
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1946
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1947
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1948
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1949
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1950
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1951
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1952
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1953
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1954
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1955
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1956
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1957
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1958
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1959
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1960
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1961
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1962
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1963
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1964
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1965
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1966
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1967
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1968
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1969
1.7 C (35.1 F)
1976
15.0 C (59.0 F)
1977
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1978
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1979
31.5 C (88.7 F)
1980
31.5 C (88.7 F)
1981
34.5 C (94.1 F)
1982
31.0 C (87.8 F)
1983
33.0 C (91.4 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Viking, 1922 to 1983. The record is -56.2 C (-69.2 F) in 1936, marked on the chart; the median year is -41.1 C (-42.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Viking by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1922
n/a
1923
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1924
-45.6 C (-50.1 F)
1925
-40.0 C (-40.0 F)
1926
-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
1927
-41.7 C (-43.1 F)
1928
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
1929
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1930
-43.9 C (-47.0 F)
1931
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1932
-43.9 C (-47.0 F)
1933
-40.0 C (-40.0 F)
1934
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
1935
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
1936
-56.2 C (-69.2 F)
1937
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
1938
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
1939
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
1940
-40.6 C (-41.1 F)
1941
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
1942
-40.6 C (-41.1 F)
1943
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
1944
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1945
-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
1946
-40.6 C (-41.1 F)
1947
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1948
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
1949
-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
1950
-50.0 C (-58.0 F)
1951
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
1952
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
1953
-45.6 C (-50.1 F)
1954
-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
1955
-36.7 C (-34.1 F)
1956
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
1957
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1958
-38.9 C (-38.0 F)
1959
-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
1960
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
1961
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
1962
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
1963
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
1964
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1965
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
1966
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
1967
-40.6 C (-41.1 F)
1968
-40.0 C (-40.0 F)
1969
-44.4 C (-47.9 F)
1976
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1977
-44.4 C (-47.9 F)
1978
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1979
-41.0 C (-41.8 F)
1980
-37.0 C (-34.6 F)
1981
-32.5 C (-26.5 F)
1982
-38.0 C (-36.4 F)
1983
-39.0 C (-38.2 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Viking, 1922 to 1983. The record is 65.5 mm (2.6 in) in 1962, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.7 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Viking by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1922
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1923
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1924
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1925
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1926
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1927
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1928
53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1929
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1930
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1931
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1932
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1933
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1934
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1935
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1936
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1937
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1938
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1939
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1940
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1941
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1942
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1943
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1944
25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1945
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1946
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1947
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1948
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1949
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1950
43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1951
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1952
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1953
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1954
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1955
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1956
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1957
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1958
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1959
25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1960
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1961
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1962
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1963
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1964
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1965
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1966
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1967
41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1968
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1969
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1976
5.8 mm (0.23 in)
1977
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1978
65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1979
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1980
33.2 mm (1.3 in)
1981
27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1982
35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1983
61.8 mm (2.4 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Viking, 1922 to 1983. The record is 137.9 mm (5.4 in) in 1962, marked on the chart; the median year is 49.0 mm (1.9 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Viking by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1922
38.8 mm (1.5 in)
1923
73.9 mm (2.9 in)
1924
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1925
45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1926
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1927
57.1 mm (2.2 in)
1928
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1929
28.9 mm (1.1 in)
1930
68.9 mm (2.7 in)
1931
119.1 mm (4.7 in)
1932
42.8 mm (1.7 in)
1933
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1934
36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1935
45.6 mm (1.8 in)
1936
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1937
37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1938
55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1939
36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1940
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1941
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1942
70.2 mm (2.8 in)
1943
61.8 mm (2.4 in)
1944
38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1945
40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1946
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1947
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1948
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1949
43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1950
44.9 mm (1.8 in)
1951
60.8 mm (2.4 in)
1952
42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1953
63.7 mm (2.5 in)
1954
47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1955
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1956
68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1957
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1958
72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1959
51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1960
45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1961
34.1 mm (1.3 in)
1962
137.9 mm (5.4 in)
1963
85.5 mm (3.4 in)
1964
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1965
114.2 mm (4.5 in)
1966
87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1967
49.1 mm (1.9 in)
1968
71.3 mm (2.8 in)
1969
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1976
14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1977
48.7 mm (1.9 in)
1978
99.6 mm (3.9 in)
1979
25.8 mm (1.0 in)
1980
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1981
35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1982
107.5 mm (4.2 in)
1983
96.3 mm (3.8 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Viking, 1922 to 1983. The record is 62 days in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 31 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Viking by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1922
23 days
1923
15 days
1924
25 days
1925
24 days
1926
39 days
1927
17 days
1928
35 days
1929
27 days
1930
35 days
1931
43 days
1932
48 days
1933
22 days
1934
49 days
1935
33 days
1936
25 days
1937
39 days
1938
44 days
1939
31 days
1940
20 days
1941
18 days
1942
36 days
1943
23 days
1944
33 days
1945
35 days
1946
31 days
1947
19 days
1948
49 days
1949
43 days
1950
38 days
1951
26 days
1952
47 days
1953
39 days
1954
42 days
1955
31 days
1956
31 days
1957
22 days
1958
39 days
1959
31 days
1960
31 days
1961
29 days
1962
26 days
1963
16 days
1964
19 days
1965
41 days
1966
36 days
1967
28 days
1968
30 days
1969
24 days
1976
37 days
1977
62 days
1978
31 days
1979
48 days
1980
34 days
1981
32 days
1982
32 days
1983
22 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
47 years with a frost
Across 47 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Viking falls on 28 May and the median first autumn frost on 3 September, which leaves a median of 101 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +4.0 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Viking
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1942 to 1982)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
28 May
n/a
26 May
n/a
-2.6 days per decade
First autumn frost
3 September
n/a
5 September
n/a
+1.4 days per decade
Growing days
101 days
n/a
108 days
n/a
+4.0 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
39 years, 1930 to 1983
A day with at least 32.4 mm (1.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 71.0 mm (2.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Viking: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
32.4 mm (1.3 in)
5 years
42.5 mm (1.7 in)
10 years
49.3 mm (1.9 in)
25 years
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
50 years
64.4 mm (2.5 in)
Longer than the 39 years of record
100 years
71.0 mm (2.8 in)
Longer than the 39 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 39 years of values from 1930 to 1983.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 65.0 mm (2.6 in) in 1978; 61.8 mm (2.4 in) in 1983; 59.7 mm (2.4 in) in 1947.
Station Changes
3 suspected
3 changes were suspected in the annual mean temperature of Viking, at 1937, 1942 and 1955. Each is measured against neighbouring stations.
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1937 ran 0.5 C (0.8 F) higher than in the years before (possible change).
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1942 ran 0.4 C (0.6 F) lower than in the years before (possible change).
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1955 ran 0.2 C (0.3 F) higher than in the years before (possible change).
Suspected changes in the annual mean temperature at Viking, against neighbouring stations
Year
Shift (C)
Shift (F)
Strength
Neighbours
1937
+0.5
+0.8
possible
5
1942
-0.3
-0.6
possible
5
1955
+0.2
+0.3
possible
5
Possible change at the station (a move, a new instrument or a new site); the record is kept as measured. A "likely" change has a larger test statistic than a "possible" one. Neither says why the station differs from its neighbours. How changes are found, and the largest ones.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.