All-time weather records — Archer, IA

Record high
109.9°F
July 17, 1936
Record low
-35.0°F
February 2, 1917
Wettest day
6.62 in
July 22, 2010

Climate change signal in Archer

11.2%

of Archer's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (41 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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
6
39
1920s
41
74
1930s
92
43
1940s
25
30
1950s
26
24
1960s
25
33
1970s
20
42
1980s
24
17
1990s
20
30
2000s
27
10
2010s
26
18
2020s
34
6

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 1914, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1914-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 25, 1944 -33.0°F — Jan 15, 1972 1.35 in — Jan 31, 1926
February 69.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -35.0°F — Feb 2, 1917 1.35 in — Feb 1, 1922
March 86.0°F — Mar 29, 2025 -20.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.50 in — Mar 16, 1917
April 91.9°F — Apr 21, 1980 -9.9°F — Apr 6, 1996 2.60 in — Apr 29, 1947
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1934 16.0°F — May 3, 1967 5.04 in — May 26, 2013
June 102.0°F — Jun 10, 1933 33.1°F — Jun 16, 1984 5.90 in — Jun 14, 2018
July 109.9°F — Jul 17, 1936 37.9°F — Jul 30, 1971 6.62 in — Jul 22, 2010
August 108.0°F — Aug 3, 1930 34.0°F — Aug 24, 1934 4.10 in — Aug 6, 1995
September 102.9°F — Sep 3, 1925 21.9°F — Sep 30, 1939 6.44 in — Sep 20, 2018
October 91.9°F — Oct 5, 1963 1.9°F — Oct 28, 1925 3.08 in — Oct 7, 2017
November 77.0°F — Nov 5, 2020 -16.1°F — Nov 14, 1959 2.82 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 64.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -29.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.00 in — Dec 5, 1924

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