All-time weather records — Batesland, SD

Record high
109.9°F
July 11, 1939
Record low
-40.0°F
January 23, 1915
Wettest day
4.13 in
May 11, 2023

Climate change signal in Batesland

6.8%

of Batesland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
·
·
1900s
3
7
1910s
36
78
1920s
20
70
1930s
87
47
1940s
38
37
1950s
25
31
1960s
24
32
1970s
14
11
1980s
31
20
1990s
30
15
2000s
25
5
2010s
20
7
2020s
13
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 1909, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1898-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 28, 2015 -40.0°F — Jan 23, 1915 1.28 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 75.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -40.0°F — Feb 6, 1936 1.15 in — Feb 24, 1930
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 1910 -31.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.29 in — Mar 8, 2000
April 91.9°F — Apr 28, 1910 -15.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.45 in — Apr 30, 1911
May 98.1°F — May 29, 1934 12.0°F — May 3, 1954 4.13 in — May 11, 2023
June 106.0°F — Jun 20, 1989 23.0°F — Jun 3, 1919 2.75 in — Jun 15, 1963
July 109.9°F — Jul 11, 1939 30.9°F — Jul 4, 1915 3.82 in — Jul 31, 1938
August 106.0°F — Aug 24, 1936 27.0°F — Aug 25, 1910 2.60 in — Aug 9, 1909
September 105.1°F — Sep 9, 1931 1.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.77 in — Sep 20, 2019
October 95.0°F — Oct 10, 1910 -11.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 2.50 in — Oct 19, 1982
November 81.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -25.1°F — Nov 13, 1916 1.70 in — Nov 4, 1922
December 73.0°F — Dec 8, 1917 -40.0°F — Dec 21, 1983 2.00 in — Dec 4, 1910

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