Williston, ND

North Dakota · Records since 1894–2026

☀️ 51°F Feels like 45°
Currently in Williston
As of 3:45 PM CST

Records for November 4

🔥 Record High

71°F

November 4, 2020

+27° from 44° normal

❄ Record Low

-6°F

November 4, 1973

-28° from 22° normal
🌞 Normal high: 44°F 🌑 Normal low: 22°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Williston

🔥
110°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 5, 1936
❄
-50°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 23, 1983
🌧
4.93"
Wettest Day Ever
Jul 10, 1963
☃
15.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Apr 13, 1986

First & Last Dates — Williston

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
167 days
Longest growing season
1922
73 days
Shortest growing season
1908
121 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 4

# Temp Date
🏆 71°F November 4, 2020
2 71°F November 4, 1975
3 70°F November 4, 2016
4 67°F November 4, 2001
5 67°F November 4, 1952
6 66°F November 4, 1983
7 66°F November 4, 1978
8 66°F November 4, 1955
9 66°F November 4, 1916
10 64°F November 4, 1950

Top 5 Record Lows — November 4

# Temp Date
🥶 -6°F November 4, 1973
2 -6°F November 4, 1919
3 2°F November 4, 1935
4 7°F November 4, 1901
5 8°F November 4, 1991
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1894–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Williston

threshold: 93°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.8
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
100°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1894–2026
19
2026 so far
20
Avg/year 1970–2025
23
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
47
Most in a year (1983)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Williston

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 11, 2003 – Aug 19, 2003 9 103°F (Aug 14) 99°F 69°F
2 Aug 1, 1983 – Aug 7, 1983 7 107°F (Aug 6) 102°F 66°F
3 Jul 21, 1931 – Jul 27, 1931 7 105°F (Jul 25) 100°F 67°F
4 Aug 8, 1940 – Aug 14, 1940 7 99°F (Aug 9) 95°F 65°F
5 Aug 7, 2018 – Aug 12, 2018 6 108°F (Aug 12) 100°F 58°F
6 Jun 3, 1988 – Jun 8, 1988 6 105°F (Jun 7) 100°F 67°F
7 Jun 23, 1936 – Jun 28, 1936 6 104°F (Jun 24) 96°F 63°F
8 Aug 27, 1983 – Sep 1, 1983 6 104°F (Sep 1) 99°F 62°F
9 Jul 24, 1933 – Jul 29, 1933 6 103°F (Jul 26) 98°F 64°F
10 Aug 20, 1969 – Aug 25, 1969 6 103°F (Aug 22) 98°F 64°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

56
2026 total
above-normal nights
46.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
76
Most in a summer
2021

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1894–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1894, annual totals have trended -0.02" per decade, about -0.2" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Williston is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

156 of 307 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

14.15"
2026 YTD
Normal: 13.89"
+0.26"
0.50"
November so far
November normal: 0.67"
-0.17"
1
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Williston is 0.26" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Oct 27 – Nov 3, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
39.3°F
Average temperature
59th-warmest of 130
+3.5°
vs. average
Normal: 35.7°F (1991–2020)
0.59"
Precipitation
8th-wettest of 131
+0.33"
vs. average
Normal: 0.26" · 227% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1894–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1894–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.01" per decade (wetter since 1894)

Warmest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1981 50.1°F
2 1983 49.9°F
3 1915 48.1°F
4 1965 47.1°F
5 1914 46.6°F
6 1953 46.4°F
7 1937 46.1°F
8 1938 46.1°F
9 2016 46.1°F
10 1903 45.4°F

Coolest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1991 13.3°F
2 1935 18.2°F
3 2023 18.4°F
4 1919 18.8°F
5 2002 19.4°F
6 1984 19.6°F
7 2003 24.6°F
8 1911 24.6°F
9 2019 25.3°F
10 1951 25.5°F

Wettest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2000 2.78"
2 1919 1.63"
3 1982 0.93"
4 1974 0.80"
5 1989 0.75"
6 1933 0.68"
7 1927 0.63"
8 2026 0.59"
9 2003 0.58"
10 2016 0.57"

Driest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2024 0.00"
2 2022 0.00"
3 2021 0.00"
4 2011 0.00"
5 2009 0.00"
6 1996 0.00"
7 1987 0.00"
8 1981 0.00"
9 1980 0.00"
10 1979 0.00"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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