1884:
Frost every month of the year except July. On many mornings the people brought their oil into the house to warm it up before they could oil their machinery.
Mr. Bort and the Holcombs went out to sack up some grain one evening to have it ready to take to town the next day. While they were working their lantern went out. When they examined it they found that the cold had turned the kerosene slushy and it would not burn.
Freak electrical storm was followed by a severe snowstorm.
1886:
Severe drought‑ Feed, however, was plentiful and enough seed was obtained for the next spring crop.
1888:
Ice cut from Pipestem measured 63 inches in diameter.
January 12, 1888:
"Terrible blizzard" many people lost their lives.
September 18, 1913:
A cold drizzling rain fell in the forenoon, coming down much harder in the afternoon. It was quite cold and at times there appeared to be snow falling with the water. Some people assumed that it was the equinoctial storm period. The next day was very wet with fog.
July 1936:
Record temperature of 119 degrees recorded. The two week period‑of July 5‑18. Everyday during that time the temperature climbed to at least 100 degrees or higher.
August 19, 1937:
Temperature reached 116 degrees for ten minutes shortly after midnight. Then the wind came in from the southwest at 1:30 a.m. bringing a cloud of dust. Elmer Kriewald, night officer, checked the thermometer at the Phillip 66 station. It registered 116 degrees. A cool wind came up and the temperature dropped to 92 degrees. The lowest the temperature got that night was 85 degrees. Many people thought it was the end of the world.
July 18, 1973:
How hot was it last Wednesday? Hot enough to fry eggs? Exactly. If you thought that well used saying was just a saying, then Adam Malinski proved otherwise. He put an egg in tin foil on the sidewalk of Carrington's Main Street and waited for the results. Although it didn't quite sizzle, the egg soon began to solidify.
The thermometer registered 105 degrees at its highest point Wednesday. With a strong south wind people meant it when they said it was like walking into an oven.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 86