All-time weather records — Aberdeen, SD

Record high
106.0°F
July 17, 2017
Record low
-35.0°F
December 18, 2016
Wettest day
3.60 in
May 30, 2022

Climate change signal in Aberdeen

77.3%

of Aberdeen's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (283 of 366 records since 2015).

74.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (273 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
2010s
207
235
2020s
159
131

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 2011, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2011-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 5, 2012 -34.1°F — Jan 30, 2019 0.61 in — Jan 28, 2013
February 66.9°F — Feb 27, 2016 -29.0°F — Feb 1, 2013 0.54 in — Feb 10, 2013
March 84.0°F — Mar 18, 2012 -20.0°F — Mar 3, 2019 0.82 in — Mar 5, 2018
April 88.0°F — Apr 24, 2012 -6.0°F — Apr 4, 2018 1.71 in — Apr 7, 2021
May 100.9°F — May 27, 2018 19.9°F — May 3, 2013 3.60 in — May 30, 2022
June 100.0°F — Jun 2, 2017 37.0°F — Jun 12, 2012 2.83 in — Jun 13, 2017
July 106.0°F — Jul 17, 2017 44.1°F — Jul 1, 2016 2.26 in — Jul 3, 2022
August 98.1°F — Aug 29, 2012 39.9°F — Aug 17, 2012 3.51 in — Aug 23, 2014
September 97.0°F — Sep 16, 2018 24.1°F — Sep 23, 2012 1.42 in — Sep 2, 2021
October 93.0°F — Oct 10, 2015 -0.9°F — Oct 26, 2020 2.27 in — Oct 15, 2013
November 79.0°F — Nov 5, 2016 -16.1°F — Nov 14, 2014 1.09 in — Nov 30, 2019
December 63.0°F — Dec 1, 2021 -35.0°F — Dec 18, 2016 1.33 in — Dec 25, 2016

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