All-time weather records — Agar, SD

Record high
116.1°F
July 15, 2006
Record low
-40.0°F
January 1, 2018
Wettest day
6.21 in
August 2, 1953

Climate change signal in Agar

10.7%

of Agar's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (39 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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 #
1910s
·
·
1920s
28
63
1930s
86
57
1940s
27
30
1950s
31
37
1960s
14
37
1970s
36
25
1980s
38
34
1990s
27
33
2000s
28
17
2010s
30
24
2020s
21
9

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 1921, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1913-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 5, 2012 -40.0°F — Jan 1, 2018 1.48 in — Jan 21, 1917
February 71.1°F — Feb 25, 1958 -38.0°F — Feb 9, 1994 4.00 in — Feb 13, 1915
March 86.0°F — Mar 18, 2012 -24.0°F — Mar 4, 1960 1.65 in — Mar 31, 2023
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -2.9°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.20 in — Apr 27, 1964
May 102.9°F — May 27, 1969 15.1°F — May 9, 1984 2.25 in — May 21, 1917
June 111.9°F — Jun 15, 1936 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1946 3.88 in — Jun 12, 2007
July 116.1°F — Jul 15, 2006 37.9°F — Jul 30, 1971 4.23 in — Jul 2, 1981
August 111.9°F — Aug 6, 1941 33.1°F — Aug 12, 1964 6.21 in — Aug 2, 1953
September 108.0°F — Sep 6, 1976 12.9°F — Sep 25, 1926 5.08 in — Sep 2, 1999
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 1922 -2.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 3.10 in — Oct 4, 1951
November 81.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -20.9°F — Nov 14, 1940 1.40 in — Nov 2, 1956
December 73.0°F — Dec 3, 1941 -32.1°F — Dec 30, 1990 1.17 in — Dec 26, 2023

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Agar.