All-time weather records — Baldwin, IA

Record high
108.0°F
July 12, 1936
Record low
-36.9°F
January 17, 2009
Wettest day
6.93 in
August 30, 1981

Climate change signal in Baldwin

9.3%

of Baldwin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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
12
9
1900s
19
44
1910s
11
18
1920s
19
44
1930s
85
51
1940s
25
20
1950s
22
22
1960s
28
29
1970s
13
32
1980s
29
31
1990s
22
24
2000s
26
19
2010s
35
22
2020s
20
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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 1897, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1897-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 1, 1897 -36.9°F — Jan 17, 2009 2.21 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 73.9°F — Feb 28, 2024 -34.1°F — Feb 1, 2019 2.06 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 1986 -20.9°F — Mar 1, 2015 2.44 in — Mar 25, 1945
April 93.0°F — Apr 10, 1930 5.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.68 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 105.1°F — May 31, 1934 21.0°F — May 3, 2005 2.89 in — May 3, 1919
June 104.0°F — Jun 1, 1934 32.0°F — Jun 30, 1900 4.80 in — Jun 4, 2002
July 108.0°F — Jul 12, 1936 39.0°F — Jul 2, 1904 4.28 in — Jul 4, 2007
August 108.0°F — Aug 18, 1936 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1934 6.93 in — Aug 30, 1981
September 102.0°F — Sep 7, 1939 17.1°F — Sep 30, 1899 4.99 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 1997 1.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.50 in — Oct 21, 1943
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1933 -8.0°F — Nov 24, 1950 3.12 in — Nov 17, 1952
December 68.0°F — Dec 5, 1998 -27.0°F — Dec 21, 1963 2.66 in — Dec 15, 1971

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