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is a city in Kidder County, North Dakota in the United States. It is the county seat of Kidder County. The population was 761 at the 2000 census. The city was founded in 1880 and became county seat in 1881.
Although they bear the same name, the city of Steele is not in Steele County, North Dakota.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.5 km²), all of it land.
On July 6, 1936, the temperature in Steele soared to 121°F, the highest temperature ever recorded in the state of North Dakota. This event is even more remarkable in light of the fact that since 1948, the temperature has not exceeded 109°F. Never before or since has such extreme heat been recorded so far north on the North American continent. A prolonged period of extreme drought across the entire Great Plains contributed to the extreme heat. Record high temperatures for 15 states fell that summer. In the United States, higher temperatures have been recorded in only four states: California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. (Kansas set its own 121°F record on July 24.)