Bismarck Weather in 1971

Historical record of Bismarck, North Dakota weather for the year 1971 based on NOAA data.

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1971 Bismarck Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	102 °F	August 21
Lowest temperature	-37 °F	February 8
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	-8 °F	January 11
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	October 1
Most daily snow	4.9 inches	February 3
Total annual precipitation	15.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	42.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bismarck in 1971?

The highest temperature recorded in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1971 was 102 °F which happened on August 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bismarck in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	102 °F	Aug 21
2	101 °F	Aug 9
3	100 °F	Sep 2
4	99 °F	Aug 22
5	98 °F	Aug 17
5	98 °F	Aug 8
7	97 °F	Aug 28
7	97 °F	Aug 16
7	97 °F	Aug 15
10	93 °F	Jul 24

What was the coldest temperature in Bismarck in 1971?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1971 was -37 °F which happened on Feb 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bismarck in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-37 °F	February 8
2	-36 °F	January 15
3	-31 °F	January 14
3	-31 °F	January 11
5	-27 °F	February 7
6	-26 °F	January 27
7	-24 °F	January 26
8	-20 °F	December 17
8	-20 °F	January 25
10	-19 °F	January 13

January 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	20	0.03	0.4
January 2	23	-1	0.00	0.0
January 3	8	-7	0.00	0.0
January 4	-1	-9	0.00	0.0
January 5	-2	-12	0.00	0.0
January 6	3	-14	0.00	0.0
January 7	9	-9	0.00	0.0
January 8	19	-4	0.02	0.4
January 9	21	-1	0.00	0.0
January 10	0	-9	0.18	2.6
January 11	-8	-31	0.00	0.0
January 12	-4	-10	0.03	0.6
January 13	5	-19	0.10	1.7
January 14	-7	-31	0.00	0.0
January 15	-1	-36	0.00	0.0
January 16	12	-3	0.00	0.0
January 17	7	2	0.01	0.4
January 18	9	-15	0.00	0.0
January 19	20	-13	0.00	0.0
January 20	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 22	25	4	0.02	0.3
January 23	14	-9	0.09	1.7
January 24	10	5	0.04	0.8
January 25	6	-20	0.22	3.2
January 26	1	-24	0.00	0.0
January 27	18	-26	0.00	0.0
January 28	21	4	0.00	0.0
January 29	27	-1	0.04	0.6
January 30	-1	-6	0.00	0.0
January 31	2	-8	0.00	0.0

February 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	5	-11	0.00	0.0
February 2	8	0	0.03	0.5
February 3	8	-3	0.31	4.9
February 4	6	-17	0.00	0.0
February 5	10	-10	0.01	0.1
February 6	0	-18	0.00	0.0
February 7	-4	-27	0.00	0.0
February 8	0	-37	0.00	0.0
February 9	30	-13	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	1	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	0	0.02	0.2
February 12	13	-14	0.00	0.0
February 13	39	7	0.01	0.0
February 14	40	19	0.00	0.0
February 15	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 16	43	32	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	26	14	0.00	0.0
February 19	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 20	24	8	0.00	0.0
February 21	26	7	0.00	0.0
February 22	25	-1	0.00	0.0
February 23	29	-4	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	6	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	35	20	0.03	0.4
February 27	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 28	24	-2	0.00	0.0

March 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	24	5	0.00	0.0
March 2	25	-4	0.00	0.0
March 3	32	12	0.00	0.0
March 4	39	14	0.01	0.3
March 5	30	15	0.00	0.0
March 6	26	14	0.00	0.0
March 7	27	7	0.00	0.0
March 8	30	9	0.03	0.4
March 9	33	18	0.01	0.2
March 10	34	10	0.02	0.4
March 11	40	15	0.02	0.0
March 12	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	32	0.01	0.0
March 14	37	32	0.17	1.8
March 15	33	22	0.01	0.1
March 16	41	19	0.00	0.0
March 17	39	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 20	51	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	30	17	0.00	0.0
March 22	22	13	0.00	0.0
March 23	27	6	0.00	0.0
March 24	29	15	0.00	0.0
March 25	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	38	24	0.01	0.0
March 27	51	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 29	57	23	0.00	0.0
March 30	70	30	0.00	0.0
March 31	46	27	0.01	0.1

April 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	34	21	0.00	0.0
April 2	35	19	0.00	0.0
April 3	39	20	0.00	0.0
April 4	38	22	0.00	0.0
April 5	52	27	0.00	0.0
April 6	69	29	0.00	0.0
April 7	77	31	0.00	0.0
April 8	59	35	0.00	0.0
April 9	66	24	0.00	0.0
April 10	82	47	0.00	0.0
April 11	59	35	0.00	0.0
April 12	50	26	0.00	0.0
April 13	51	23	0.00	0.0
April 14	72	28	0.00	0.0
April 15	82	33	0.00	0.0
April 16	60	33	0.00	0.0
April 17	54	30	0.11	0.0
April 18	66	49	0.01	0.0
April 19	53	44	0.00	0.0
April 20	58	42	0.17	0.0
April 21	52	43	0.01	0.0
April 22	63	34	0.00	0.0
April 23	67	33	0.00	0.0
April 24	57	41	0.00	0.0
April 25	46	30	0.00	0.0
April 26	39	28	0.20	0.0
April 27	38	31	0.34	1.8
April 28	44	32	0.00	0.0
April 29	62	28	0.22	0.0
April 30	48	36	0.00	0.0

May 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	51	31	0.00
May 2	55	25	0.00
May 3	68	41	0.00
May 4	71	35	0.00
May 5	70	38	0.00
May 6	70	36	0.00
May 7	61	38	0.00
May 8	71	35	0.00
May 9	72	46	0.00
May 10	55	38	0.18
May 11	58	35	0.00
May 12	77	37	0.00
May 13	80	42	0.00
May 14	70	49	0.05
May 15	68	41	0.00
May 16	79	37	0.19
May 17	66	43	0.04
May 18	48	38	0.01
May 19	63	32	0.00
May 20	68	32	0.00
May 21	65	45	0.00
May 22	56	46	0.26
May 23	53	43	0.02
May 24	62	40	0.00
May 25	67	33	0.00
May 26	67	42	0.00
May 27	72	41	0.00
May 28	78	51	0.00
May 29	71	53	0.00
May 30	57	44	0.48
May 31	50	45	0.11

June 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	44	0.00
June 2	73	51	0.00
June 3	81	52	0.00
June 4	74	58	0.96
June 5	77	54	0.03
June 6	77	48	0.00
June 7	63	51	0.01
June 8	68	46	0.00
June 9	76	60	0.15
June 10	84	61	0.00
June 11	80	62	0.15
June 12	82	57	0.00
June 13	84	49	0.00
June 14	84	56	0.03
June 15	71	58	0.95
June 16	77	55	0.04
June 17	77	58	0.50
June 18	80	52	0.01
June 19	80	56	0.00
June 20	79	52	0.00
June 21	82	59	0.07
June 22	84	55	0.00
June 23	78	61	0.03
June 24	77	55	0.52
June 25	79	57	0.00
June 26	78	62	0.37
June 27	72	52	0.04
June 28	73	47	0.00
June 29	67	55	0.00
June 30	75	50	0.00

July 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	47	0.00
July 2	88	54	0.00
July 3	82	54	0.00
July 4	79	48	0.00
July 5	87	47	0.00
July 6	90	50	0.00
July 7	77	53	0.00
July 8	80	42	0.00
July 9	85	54	0.00
July 10	85	58	0.00
July 11	81	63	0.15
July 12	80	58	0.77
July 13	77	51	0.00
July 14	79	52	0.00
July 15	87	52	0.00
July 16	89	56	0.00
July 17	88	56	0.02
July 18	76	52	0.00
July 19	84	48	0.00
July 20	88	48	0.00
July 21	85	54	0.00
July 22	86	57	0.02
July 23	85	52	0.00
July 24	93	64	0.00
July 25	72	45	0.00
July 26	74	39	0.00
July 27	73	49	0.08
July 28	71	45	0.00
July 29	68	44	0.00
July 30	81	35	0.00
July 31	84	45	0.00

August 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	75	45	0.00
August 2	78	40	0.00
August 3	79	45	0.00
August 4	85	50	0.00
August 5	88	60	0.00
August 6	90	59	0.00
August 7	92	61	0.00
August 8	98	57	0.00
August 9	101	58	0.00
August 10	79	52	0.00
August 11	91	45	0.00
August 12	92	54	0.00
August 13	89	58	0.00
August 14	87	53	0.00
August 15	97	67	0.00
August 16	97	69	0.00
August 17	98	71	0.00
August 18	81	57	0.00
August 19	82	55	0.00
August 20	89	47	0.00
August 21	102	55	0.00
August 22	99	52	0.00
August 23	92	62	0.00
August 24	84	50	0.00
August 25	85	46	0.00
August 26	85	47	0.00
August 27	91	54	0.00
August 28	97	60	0.00
August 29	92	64	0.00
August 30	65	59	0.03
August 31	70	54	0.00

September 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	53	0.00
September 2	100	50	0.00
September 3	86	64	0.01
September 4	68	56	0.87
September 5	66	48	0.00
September 6	87	53	0.00
September 7	76	51	0.00
September 8	73	45	0.00
September 9	78	41	0.00
September 10	78	50	0.00
September 11	85	46	0.00
September 12	75	52	0.00
September 13	86	44	0.00
September 14	64	45	0.02
September 15	56	40	0.00
September 16	52	41	0.03
September 17	48	41	0.46
September 18	57	36	0.00
September 19	65	34	0.00
September 20	52	38	0.04
September 21	48	33	0.00
September 22	60	25	0.00
September 23	68	35	0.00
September 24	77	35	0.00
September 25	73	51	0.00
September 26	72	46	0.00
September 27	54	43	0.14
September 28	63	42	0.06
September 29	67	36	0.00
September 30	60	50	0.00

October 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	54	51	1.32	0.0
October 2	54	46	0.23	0.0
October 3	53	40	0.06	0.0
October 4	70	37	0.00	0.0
October 5	66	43	0.00	0.0
October 6	72	35	0.00	0.0
October 7	59	44	0.00	0.0
October 8	46	39	0.00	0.0
October 9	65	32	0.00	0.0
October 10	69	39	0.00	0.0
October 11	59	28	0.00	0.0
October 12	52	35	0.00	0.0
October 13	72	29	0.00	0.0
October 14	56	38	0.00	0.0
October 15	45	37	0.01	0.0
October 16	41	36	0.18	0.0
October 17	45	40	0.79	0.0
October 18	70	44	0.83	0.0
October 19	55	41	0.00	0.0
October 20	63	42	0.00	0.0
October 21	64	33	0.00	0.0
October 22	56	29	0.00	0.0
October 23	59	34	0.00	0.0
October 24	64	40	0.00	0.0
October 25	53	34	0.00	0.0
October 26	68	33	0.01	0.0
October 27	50	30	0.00	0.0
October 28	31	21	0.00	0.0
October 29	31	19	0.06	0.6
October 30	28	24	0.25	2.5
October 31	34	18	0.00	0.0

November 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	37	21	0.05	0.5
November 2	44	31	0.00	0.0
November 3	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 4	54	23	0.00	0.0
November 5	33	15	0.00	0.0
November 6	21	7	0.00	0.0
November 7	30	0	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	10	0.00	0.0
November 9	57	17	0.00	0.0
November 10	53	23	0.00	0.0
November 11	51	32	0.00	0.0
November 12	60	26	0.00	0.0
November 13	52	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 15	38	26	0.00	0.0
November 16	37	33	0.14	0.9
November 17	34	25	0.17	3.2
November 18	33	19	0.01	0.1
November 19	45	17	0.07	0.6
November 20	44	22	0.08	0.0
November 21	33	14	0.00	0.0
November 22	47	27	0.00	0.0
November 23	39	17	0.00	0.0
November 24	31	13	0.00	0.0
November 25	35	24	0.00	0.0
November 26	33	29	0.02	0.3
November 27	33	27	0.00	0.0
November 28	27	19	0.02	0.2
November 29	24	12	0.01	0.2
November 30	25	16	0.02	0.4

December 1971 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	10	0.01	0.2
December 2	35	10	0.00	0.0
December 3	31	23	0.00	0.0
December 4	33	18	0.00	0.0
December 5	34	11	0.00	0.0
December 6	24	16	0.04	0.4
December 7	23	5	0.22	4.2
December 8	9	-5	0.00	0.0
December 9	22	-4	0.00	0.0
December 10	31	7	0.00	0.0
December 11	8	-1	0.00	0.0
December 12	7	-7	0.00	0.0
December 13	11	-2	0.07	1.3
December 14	20	-9	0.00	0.0
December 15	23	6	0.00	0.0
December 16	6	-17	0.02	0.3
December 17	18	-20	0.01	0.1
December 18	27	15	0.02	0.4
December 19	24	-11	0.00	0.0
December 20	29	10	0.00	0.0
December 21	16	9	0.03	0.5
December 22	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 23	30	4	0.00	0.0
December 24	6	-8	0.00	0.0
December 25	9	-3	0.00	0.0
December 26	-3	-8	0.04	1.0
December 27	11	-3	0.01	0.3
December 28	26	-8	0.00	0.0
December 29	16	-9	0.00	0.0
December 30	18	-11	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	-4	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Bismarck	location
1913–1947	Mandan Experimental Station	location