All-time weather records — Akaska, SD

Record high
111.9°F
July 16, 2006
Record low
-41.1°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
90.00 in
April 11, 1983

Climate change signal in Akaska

10.7%

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

7.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (29 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 #
1900s
11
10
1910s
29
34
1950s
·
·
1960s
61
48
1970s
55
67
1980s
66
68
1990s
40
66
2000s
46
29
2010s
40
25
2020s
18
19

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 1907, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1907-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -41.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 0.91 in — Jan 4, 1997
February 66.9°F — Feb 28, 2016 -36.0°F — Feb 9, 1994 0.93 in — Feb 26, 2009
March 82.9°F — Mar 24, 1910 -29.0°F — Mar 11, 1998 1.40 in — Mar 20, 1982
April 97.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -2.9°F — Apr 1, 1975 90.00 in — Apr 11, 1983
May 100.0°F — May 27, 1969 18.0°F — May 1, 1911 3.44 in — May 18, 2018
June 109.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 30.0°F — Jun 2, 1969 4.10 in — Jun 15, 1976
July 111.9°F — Jul 16, 2006 37.9°F — Jul 4, 1972 3.05 in — Jul 9, 2013
August 108.0°F — Aug 16, 1988 28.9°F — Aug 27, 1911 3.47 in — Aug 18, 1990
September 104.0°F — Sep 7, 1976 17.1°F — Sep 30, 1974 1.92 in — Sep 20, 1996
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 -2.0°F — Oct 30, 1991 2.68 in — Oct 5, 2013
November 77.0°F — Nov 2, 1965 -20.0°F — Nov 26, 1985 1.58 in — Nov 3, 1956
December 66.9°F — Dec 2, 2021 -36.0°F — Dec 22, 1983 1.20 in — Dec 11, 1909

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