Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Gackle (USC00323309), North Dakota, United States, with 55 years of record.
Key Facts for Gackle
Gackle (USC00323309) is a weather station in North Dakota, United States at 46.63 latitude and -99.14 longitude, 595 m (1,951 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1948 to 2002, 55 years of record.
1,464 records set at Gackle still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Gackle set a daily record precipitation of 12.2 mm (0.5 in) on 9 September 2002.
About the Station
Location: North Dakota, United States, 46.63 latitude, -99.14 longitude.
Elevation: 595 m (1,951 ft).
Period of record: 1948 to 2002, 55 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Gackle. 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 Gackle, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
13.9 C (57.0 F)
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
16.7 C (62.1 F)
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
40.0 C (104.0 F)
-0.6 C (30.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
42.8 C (109.0 F)
2.2 C (36.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
40.6 C (105.1 F)
0.0 C (32.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
40.0 C (104.0 F)
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
35.0 C (95.0 F)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
24.4 C (75.9 F)
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
16.1 C (61.0 F)
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Gackle still stand. 1991 holds the most, with 45.
Standing records at Gackle by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1948
11
1949
14
1950
29
1951
28
1952
31
1953
35
1954
25
1955
26
1956
23
1957
16
1958
29
1959
41
1960
13
1961
24
1962
29
1963
33
1964
35
1965
39
1966
35
1967
24
1968
30
1969
28
1970
12
1971
16
1972
31
1973
21
1974
19
1975
24
1976
32
1977
37
1978
17
1979
20
1980
26
1981
25
1982
24
1983
41
1984
26
1985
35
1986
29
1987
33
1988
38
1989
38
1990
30
1991
45
1992
45
1993
26
1994
24
1995
22
1996
24
1997
23
1998
25
1999
18
2000
24
2001
5
2002
11
All-Time Record Progression
4 new records
4 all-time records were set at Gackle between 23 December 1983 and 26 January 1997. Each dot is a new record.
When Gackle set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1983-12-23
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1997-01-09
Record snow depth
Record snow depth 81.3 cm (32.0 in)
1997-01-12
Record snow depth
Record snow depth 86.4 cm (34.0 in)
1997-01-26
Record snow depth
Record snow depth 101.6 cm (40.0 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jul: 118.1 mm (4.6 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Gackle. The most was 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 2 July 1954.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Gackle
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
17.0 mm (0.7 in)
4 January 1997
Feb
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
19 February 1952
Mar
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
14 March 1973
Apr
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
24 April 1953
May
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
21 May 1987
Jun
104.4 mm (4.1 in)
6 June 1956
Jul
118.1 mm (4.6 in)
2 July 1954
Aug
70.9 mm (2.8 in)
31 August 1956
Sep
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
24 September 1973
Oct
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
9 October 1982
Nov
30.7 mm (1.2 in)
2 November 1956
Dec
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
6 December 1951
Period of Record Coverage
1948 to 2002
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
55 years of record at Gackle, 1948 to 2002. 6 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1948, 1949, 1950, 2000, 2001, 2002.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 49 complete years at Gackle, 1951 to 1999. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 5.4 C (41.7 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1951, at 2.9 C (37.3 F), and the warmest was 1987, at 7.9 C (46.3 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.6 C (4.7 F).
Annual mean temperature at Gackle as warming stripes, 1951 to 1999
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1951
2.9 C
-2.44 C
1952
5.6 C
+0.21 C
1953
6.4 C
+1.00 C
1954
5.7 C
+0.28 C
1955
4.7 C
-0.68 C
1956
4.9 C
-0.52 C
1957
5.2 C
-0.16 C
1958
5.5 C
+0.12 C
1959
5.3 C
-0.11 C
1960
5.1 C
-0.26 C
1961
5.7 C
+0.31 C
1962
5.0 C
-0.34 C
1963
6.2 C
+0.81 C
1964
5.0 C
-0.41 C
1965
4.1 C
-1.33 C
1966
4.2 C
-1.14 C
1967
5.1 C
-0.29 C
1968
5.1 C
-0.33 C
1969
4.5 C
-0.84 C
1970
4.7 C
-0.73 C
1971
5.0 C
-0.42 C
1972
4.1 C
-1.24 C
1973
6.5 C
+1.13 C
1974
5.9 C
+0.51 C
1975
5.3 C
-0.05 C
1976
6.3 C
+0.90 C
1977
5.8 C
+0.42 C
1978
4.6 C
-0.80 C
1979
4.0 C
-1.38 C
1980
6.4 C
+1.03 C
1981
7.2 C
+1.81 C
1982
4.5 C
-0.91 C
1983
6.3 C
+0.89 C
1984
6.1 C
+0.70 C
1985
4.6 C
-0.77 C
1986
6.0 C
+0.61 C
1987
7.9 C
+2.54 C
1988
6.6 C
+1.25 C
1989
5.0 C
-0.42 C
1990
6.7 C
+1.34 C
1991
6.6 C
+1.20 C
1992
5.8 C
+0.38 C
1993
4.0 C
-1.43 C
1994
5.0 C
-0.40 C
1995
4.8 C
-0.62 C
1996
3.2 C
-2.17 C
1997
5.1 C
-0.27 C
1998
7.0 C
+1.61 C
1999
6.9 C
+1.50 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1951 to 1999 is 0.17 C (-0.04 to 0.38) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.3 F (-0.1 to 0.7) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 49 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Gackle
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.17 C (-0.04 to 0.38) per decade
0.3 F (-0.1 to 0.7) per decade
1951 to 1999
49
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.01 C (-0.26 to 0.23) per decade
-0.03 F (-0.46 to 0.41) per decade
1951 to 1999
49
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.4 C (0.2 to 0.6) per decade
0.6 F (0.3 to 1.0) per decade
1951 to 1999
49
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
1948 to 2002
Yearly extremes at Gackle: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1973
37.2 C (99.0 F)
55
Coldest night (TNn)
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
1951
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
55
Wettest day (Rx1day)
118.1 mm (4.6 in)
1954
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
55
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
142.2 mm (5.6 in)
1962
69.8 mm (2.7 in)
55
Longest dry spell (CDD)
81 days
1971
36 days
55
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Gackle, 1948 to 2002. The record is 42.8 C (109.0 F) in 1973, marked on the chart; the median year is 37.2 C (99.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Gackle by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1948
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1949
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1950
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1951
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1952
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1953
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1954
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1955
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1956
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1957
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1958
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1959
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1960
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1961
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1962
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1963
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1964
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1965
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1966
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1967
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1968
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1969
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1970
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1971
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1972
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1973
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1974
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1975
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1976
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1977
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1978
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1979
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1980
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1981
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1982
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1983
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1984
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1985
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1986
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1987
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1988
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1989
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1990
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1991
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1992
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1993
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1994
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1995
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1996
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1997
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1998
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1999
35.0 C (95.0 F)
2000
33.3 C (91.9 F)
2001
28.3 C (82.9 F)
2002
40.0 C (104.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Gackle, 1948 to 2002. The record is -38.3 C (-36.9 F) in 1951, marked on the chart; the median year is -33.3 C (-27.9 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Gackle by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1948
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1949
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1950
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1951
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
1952
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1953
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1954
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
1955
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1956
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1957
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1958
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1959
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1960
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1961
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
1962
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1963
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1964
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1965
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1966
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1967
-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1968
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
1969
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1970
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1971
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1972
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
1973
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1974
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1975
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1976
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1977
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1978
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1979
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1980
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1981
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1982
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1983
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
1984
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1985
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1986
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1987
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1988
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1989
-36.7 C (-34.1 F)
1990
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1991
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1992
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1993
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1994
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1995
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1996
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1997
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1998
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1999
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
2000
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
2001
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
2002
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Gackle, 1948 to 2002. The record is 118.1 mm (4.6 in) in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 49.0 mm (1.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Gackle by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1948
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1949
73.9 mm (2.9 in)
1950
59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1951
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1952
48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1953
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1954
118.1 mm (4.6 in)
1955
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1956
104.4 mm (4.1 in)
1957
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1958
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1959
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1960
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1961
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1962
88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1963
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1964
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1965
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1966
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1967
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1968
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1969
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1970
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1971
49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1972
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1973
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1974
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1975
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1976
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1977
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1978
59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1979
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1980
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1981
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1982
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1983
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1984
25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1985
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1986
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1987
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1988
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1989
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1990
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1991
60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1992
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1993
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1994
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1995
30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1996
47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1997
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1998
53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1999
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
2000
59.9 mm (2.4 in)
2001
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
2002
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Gackle, 1948 to 2002. The record is 142.2 mm (5.6 in) in 1962, marked on the chart; the median year is 69.8 mm (2.7 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Gackle by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1948
69.7 mm (2.7 in)
1949
111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1950
68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1951
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1952
48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1953
87.4 mm (3.4 in)
1954
118.1 mm (4.6 in)
1955
86.3 mm (3.4 in)
1956
110.8 mm (4.4 in)
1957
48.6 mm (1.9 in)
1958
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1959
61.4 mm (2.4 in)
1960
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1961
68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1962
142.2 mm (5.6 in)
1963
36.5 mm (1.4 in)
1964
115.2 mm (4.5 in)
1965
72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1966
73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1967
39.8 mm (1.6 in)
1968
106.6 mm (4.2 in)
1969
101.9 mm (4.0 in)
1970
53.4 mm (2.1 in)
1971
72.2 mm (2.8 in)
1972
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1973
79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1974
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1975
86.3 mm (3.4 in)
1976
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1977
131.6 mm (5.2 in)
1978
78.2 mm (3.1 in)
1979
82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1980
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1981
50.4 mm (2.0 in)
1982
125.5 mm (4.9 in)
1983
69.8 mm (2.7 in)
1984
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1985
60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1986
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1987
83.3 mm (3.3 in)
1988
47.3 mm (1.9 in)
1989
70.8 mm (2.8 in)
1990
77.3 mm (3.0 in)
1991
62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1992
57.6 mm (2.3 in)
1993
96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1994
112.8 mm (4.4 in)
1995
53.7 mm (2.1 in)
1996
49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1997
87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1998
69.8 mm (2.7 in)
1999
80.0 mm (3.1 in)
2000
60.4 mm (2.4 in)
2001
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
2002
74.5 mm (2.9 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Gackle, 1948 to 2002. The record is 81 days in 1971, marked on the chart; the median year is 36 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Gackle by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1948
38 days
1949
35 days
1950
32 days
1951
40 days
1952
35 days
1953
25 days
1954
34 days
1955
30 days
1956
28 days
1957
41 days
1958
38 days
1959
61 days
1960
34 days
1961
54 days
1962
46 days
1963
39 days
1964
32 days
1965
41 days
1966
44 days
1967
48 days
1968
67 days
1969
40 days
1970
40 days
1971
81 days
1972
50 days
1973
61 days
1974
51 days
1975
36 days
1976
37 days
1977
28 days
1978
71 days
1979
46 days
1980
69 days
1981
32 days
1982
22 days
1983
25 days
1984
30 days
1985
44 days
1986
43 days
1987
36 days
1988
67 days
1989
26 days
1990
45 days
1991
27 days
1992
26 days
1993
24 days
1994
26 days
1995
15 days
1996
28 days
1997
21 days
1998
36 days
1999
58 days
2000
20 days
2001
30 days
2002
23 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
49 years with a frost
Across 49 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Gackle falls on 13 May and the median first autumn frost on 23 September, which leaves a median of 135 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +4.1 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Gackle
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1970 to 1999)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
13 May
n/a
12 May
n/a
-1.4 days per decade
First autumn frost
23 September
n/a
23 September
n/a
+2.7 days per decade
Growing days
135 days
n/a
138 days
n/a
+4.1 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
51 years, 1949 to 1999
A day with at least 47.9 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 111.4 mm (4.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Gackle: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
47.9 mm (1.9 in)
5 years
65.6 mm (2.6 in)
10 years
77.0 mm (3.0 in)
25 years
91.1 mm (3.6 in)
50 years
101.4 mm (4.0 in)
100 years
111.4 mm (4.4 in)
Longer than the 51 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, 51 years of values from 1949 to 1999.
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: 118.1 mm (4.6 in) in 1954; 104.4 mm (4.1 in) in 1956; 88.9 mm (3.5 in) in 1977.
Station Changes
No change in the annual mean temperature of this station was found against its neighbours.
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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.