All-time weather records — Artesian, SD

Record high
116.1°F
August 4, 1934
Record low
-45.9°F
February 9, 1899
Wettest day
5.62 in
May 24, 1914

Climate change signal in Artesian

6.3%

of Artesian's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1890s
15
68
1900s
21
47
1910s
35
52
1920s
37
53
1930s
101
24
1940s
25
27
1950s
24
22
1960s
14
20
1970s
7
11
1980s
22
15
1990s
17
9
2000s
15
1
2010s
15
12
2020s
18
5

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 6, 2012 -45.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 2.00 in — Jan 12, 1910
February 73.0°F — Feb 21, 2000 -45.9°F — Feb 9, 1899 2.00 in — Feb 7, 2010
March 93.0°F — Mar 30, 1943 -23.1°F — Mar 14, 1897 2.70 in — Mar 17, 1987
April 99.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 0.0°F — Apr 1, 1924 2.83 in — Apr 30, 1942
May 109.9°F — May 30, 1934 16.0°F — May 3, 1967 5.62 in — May 24, 1914
June 111.9°F — Jun 24, 1988 27.0°F — Jun 2, 1946 3.90 in — Jun 24, 1905
July 114.1°F — Jul 4, 1936 36.0°F — Jul 9, 1895 4.15 in — Jul 26, 2017
August 116.1°F — Aug 4, 1934 32.0°F — Aug 28, 1893 3.55 in — Aug 18, 1930
September 111.9°F — Sep 17, 1895 16.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 4.12 in — Sep 25, 1929
October 100.0°F — Oct 11, 1910 -13.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 3.40 in — Oct 15, 2013
November 82.9°F — Nov 7, 2020 -22.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 2.16 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 73.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -38.9°F — Dec 29, 1917 1.83 in — Dec 30, 1931

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