All-time weather records — Aurora, IA

Record high
102.0°F
August 24, 2023
Record low
-36.0°F
January 16, 2009
Wettest day
6.84 in
July 23, 2010

Climate change signal in Aurora

59.8%

of Aurora's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (219 of 366 records since 2015).

48.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (177 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 #
2000s
52
80
2010s
178
202
2020s
136
84

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 2006, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2006-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 31, 2025 -36.0°F — Jan 16, 2009 1.36 in — Jan 9, 2026
February 75.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -29.9°F — Feb 27, 2015 1.10 in — Feb 12, 2019
March 84.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -22.0°F — Mar 1, 2015 1.36 in — Mar 6, 2022
April 88.0°F — Apr 25, 2009 10.9°F — Apr 7, 2018 2.87 in — Apr 27, 2009
May 95.0°F — May 15, 2013 21.0°F — May 9, 2020 3.12 in — May 30, 2008
June 97.0°F — Jun 15, 2022 36.0°F — Jun 12, 2023 4.62 in — Jun 10, 2020
July 100.9°F — Jul 7, 2012 44.1°F — Jul 16, 2014 6.84 in — Jul 23, 2010
August 102.0°F — Aug 24, 2023 39.9°F — Aug 31, 2009 4.78 in — Aug 6, 2018
September 97.0°F — Sep 4, 2023 26.1°F — Sep 23, 2012 3.49 in — Sep 23, 2016
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 2023 16.0°F — Oct 29, 2019 3.45 in — Oct 1, 2018
November 73.9°F — Nov 3, 2015 -6.0°F — Nov 21, 2014 2.27 in — Nov 3, 2024
December 69.1°F — Dec 16, 2021 -22.0°F — Dec 24, 2013 1.62 in — Dec 14, 2015

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