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Bismarck, ND 46.782°N, 100.757°W · station BISthr · 153 years of record
105°F
JUL 13 RECORD
forecast high · Jul 13
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Bismarck.
105° MON 7/13 100° TUE 7/14 101° WED 7/15 100° THU 7/16 98° FRI 7/17 95° SAT 7/18 93° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 13
Today ranks #1 / 151
warmest Jul 13 in 151 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 13 ever 102°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 13 ever 60°F
set in 1993
Hottest Jul 13 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 13 at Bismarck. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
60 82 105 1875: 92°F 1876: 73°F 1877: 79°F 1878: 96°F 1879: 85°F 1880: 74°F 1881: 96°F 1882: 73°F 1883: 88°F 1884: 66°F 1885: 90°F 1886: 93°F 1887: 91°F 1888: 88°F 1889: 71°F 1890: 84°F 1891: 64°F 1892: 76°F 1893: 86°F 1894: 83°F 1895: 86°F 1896: 91°F 1897: 82°F 1898: 92°F 1899: 80°F 1900: 84°F 1901: 96°F 1902: 83°F 1903: 78°F 1904: 84°F 1905: 82°F 1906: 67°F 1907: 72°F 1908: 89°F 1909: 81°F 1910: 88°F 1911: 80°F 1912: 73°F 1913: 79°F 1914: 88°F 1915: 81°F 1916: 90°F 1917: 80°F 1918: 80°F 1919: 91°F 1920: 72°F 1921: 83°F 1922: 91°F 1923: 92°F 1924: 73°F 1925: 96°F 1926: 84°F 1927: 81°F 1928: 80°F 1929: 82°F 1930: 74°F 1931: 94°F 1932: 87°F 1933: 83°F 1934: 93°F 1935: 87°F 1936: 102°F 1937: 74°F 1938: 80°F 1939: 87°F 1940: 84°F 1941: 69°F 1942: 78°F 1943: 72°F 1944: 85°F 1945: 75°F 1946: 95°F 1947: 92°F 1948: 82°F 1949: 75°F 1950: 80°F 1951: 89°F 1952: 76°F 1953: 86°F 1954: 90°F 1955: 80°F 1956: 81°F 1957: 92°F 1958: 82°F 1959: 94°F 1960: 87°F 1961: 69°F 1962: 78°F 1963: 82°F 1964: 82°F 1965: 74°F 1966: 81°F 1967: 77°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 88°F 1970: 92°F 1971: 77°F 1972: 77°F 1973: 79°F 1974: 85°F 1975: 84°F 1976: 102°F 1977: 87°F 1978: 85°F 1979: 78°F 1980: 95°F 1981: 77°F 1982: 82°F 1983: 97°F 1984: 92°F 1985: 88°F 1986: 86°F 1987: 81°F 1988: 84°F 1989: 82°F 1990: 83°F 1991: 82°F 1992: 76°F 1993: 60°F 1994: 78°F 1995: 86°F 1996: 75°F 1997: 83°F 1998: 93°F 1999: 88°F 2000: 92°F 2001: 90°F 2002: 93°F 2003: 100°F 2004: 89°F 2005: 91°F 2006: 94°F 2007: 92°F 2008: 77°F 2009: 69°F 2010: 85°F 2011: 73°F 2012: 91°F 2013: 92°F 2014: 76°F 2015: 87°F 2016: 81°F 2017: 81°F 2018: 93°F 2019: 89°F 2020: 86°F 2021: 91°F 2022: 86°F 2023: 87°F 2024: 93°F 2025: 88°F 105° forecast 1875 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 13 105°F Hottest this date since on record This-date record 102°F This-date rank #1 of 151
Hottest at any time since 2021 All-time record 114°F (1936) Odds to tie/break 22.0% (daily) Period of record 1874–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Bismarck in each calendar month, and for the whole 1874–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 63°F 2002 -45°F 1916 Feb 73°F 2016 -45°F 1936 Mar 81°F 1910 -36°F 1897 Apr 93°F 1980 -12°F 1975 May 102°F 1934 13°F 1907 Jun 111°F 2002 30°F 1969 Jul 114°F 1936 32°F 1884 Aug 109°F 1941 32°F 1895 Sep 105°F 1931 10°F 1876 Oct 95°F 1953 -10°F 1919 Nov 79°F 1999 -30°F 1985 Dec 66°F 1939 -43°F 1967 All-time 114°F 1936 -45°F 1916
Records set or tied at Bismarck so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 2 broke
plus 3 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 3 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 18 days
record run, ended Jul 19 1936
So far in 2026 11 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Bismarck's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 85°F · forecast is +20° vs normal .
Jan: 23°F Jan: 2°F Feb: 28°F Feb: 7°F Mar: 41°F Mar: 19°F Apr: 56°F Apr: 30°F May: 68°F May: 42°F Jun: 78°F Jun: 53°F Jul: 85°F Jul: 58°F Aug: 84°F Aug: 56°F Sep: 73°F Sep: 46°F Oct: 57°F Oct: 33°F Nov: 41°F Nov: 19°F Dec: 28°F Dec: 8°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:02 AM Sunset 7:35 PM Solar noon 11:49 AM Daylight 15h 33m · losing 10 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 46.78°N, 100.76°W Bismarck's observed daily high 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 Bismarck's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Bismarck, coloured by temperature — 153 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Bismarck — counted through Jul 13 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
11 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 20th most in 153 years. Normal for this point: 6 . Record: 27 in 1988.
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