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Williston, ND 48.174°N, 103.637°W · station ISNthr · 133 years of record
63°F
COLDEST JUL 17 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Williston.
67° TUE 7/14 67° WED 7/15 66° THU 7/16 63° FRI 7/17 63° SAT 7/18 63° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #98 / 129
coldest Jul 17 in 129 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 17 ever 40°F
set in 1976
Mildest Jul 17 ever 77°F
set in 1936
Coldest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 17 at Williston. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
40 58 77 1894: 65°F 1895: 52°F 1896: 58°F 1897: 58°F 1898: 62°F 1899: 58°F 1900: 61°F 1901: 61°F 1902: 48°F 1903: 48°F 1907: 44°F 1908: 60°F 1909: 65°F 1910: 56°F 1911: 50°F 1912: 54°F 1913: 52°F 1914: 46°F 1915: 48°F 1916: 64°F 1917: 66°F 1918: 59°F 1919: 61°F 1920: 63°F 1921: 58°F 1922: 47°F 1923: 65°F 1924: 58°F 1925: 58°F 1926: 53°F 1927: 57°F 1928: 55°F 1929: 56°F 1930: 67°F 1931: 55°F 1932: 59°F 1933: 64°F 1934: 73°F 1935: 65°F 1936: 77°F 1937: 58°F 1938: 56°F 1939: 64°F 1940: 64°F 1941: 65°F 1942: 60°F 1943: 52°F 1944: 55°F 1945: 56°F 1946: 58°F 1947: 53°F 1948: 54°F 1949: 57°F 1950: 53°F 1951: 59°F 1952: 56°F 1953: 56°F 1954: 56°F 1955: 60°F 1956: 56°F 1957: 65°F 1958: 55°F 1959: 54°F 1960: 65°F 1961: 68°F 1962: 51°F 1963: 54°F 1964: 63°F 1965: 56°F 1966: 64°F 1967: 62°F 1968: 63°F 1969: 59°F 1970: 57°F 1971: 60°F 1972: 53°F 1973: 52°F 1974: 55°F 1975: 64°F 1976: 40°F 1977: 65°F 1978: 60°F 1979: 49°F 1980: 54°F 1981: 54°F 1982: 52°F 1983: 45°F 1984: 56°F 1985: 58°F 1986: 60°F 1987: 58°F 1988: 57°F 1989: 62°F 1990: 57°F 1991: 69°F 1992: 57°F 1993: 48°F 1994: 49°F 1995: 53°F 1996: 60°F 1997: 59°F 1998: 59°F 1999: 48°F 2000: 52°F 2001: 61°F 2002: 67°F 2003: 66°F 2004: 56°F 2005: 58°F 2006: 48°F 2007: 63°F 2008: 63°F 2009: 42°F 2010: 54°F 2011: 67°F 2012: 64°F 2013: 59°F 2014: 55°F 2015: 56°F 2016: 60°F 2017: 63°F 2018: 54°F 2019: 57°F 2020: 55°F 2021: 66°F 2022: 67°F 2023: 50°F 2024: 61°F 2025: 47°F 63° forecast 1894 2025 1976 Forecast low · Jul 17 63°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 40°F This-date rank #98 of 129
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -50°F (1936) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1894–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Williston in each calendar month, and for the whole 1894–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 58°F 2012 -42°F 1907 Feb 66°F 1932 -50°F 1936 Mar 84°F 1910 -35°F 1897 Apr 92°F 1980 -15°F 1975 May 106°F 1980 10°F 2005 Jun 108°F 1931 26°F 1998 Jul 110°F 1936 34°F 1967 Aug 108°F 1949 32°F 1908 Sep 104°F 1983 13°F 1907 Oct 93°F 1897 -9°F 2002 Nov 76°F 1999 -27°F 1996 Dec 63°F 1939 -50°F 1983 All-time 110°F 1936 -50°F 1936
Records set or tied at Williston so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 2 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 172 days
record run, ended Apr 26 2013
So far in 2026 115 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Williston's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 57°F · forecast is +6° vs normal .
Jan: 22°F Jan: 1°F Feb: 27°F Feb: 6°F Mar: 40°F Mar: 18°F Apr: 56°F Apr: 29°F May: 67°F May: 40°F Jun: 77°F Jun: 50°F Jul: 84°F Jul: 56°F Aug: 84°F Aug: 54°F Sep: 72°F Sep: 44°F Oct: 56°F Oct: 31°F Nov: 38°F Nov: 17°F Dec: 26°F Dec: 6°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:08 AM Sunset 7:52 PM Solar noon 12:00 PM Daylight 15h 44m · losing 11 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 48.17°N, 103.64°W Williston's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Williston's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Williston, coloured by temperature — 133 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Williston — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
115 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 26th most in 133 years. Normal for this point: 108 . Record: 133 in 1907.
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