All-time weather records — Battle Creek, IA

Record high
102.0°F
May 15, 2013
Record low
-35.0°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
4.76 in
August 21, 2017

Climate change signal in Battle Creek

70.5%

of Battle Creek's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (258 of 366 records since 2015).

60.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (221 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 #
2010s
194
244
2020s
172
122

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 2011, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2011-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 6, 2012 -27.9°F — Jan 2, 2018 0.79 in — Jan 22, 2020
February 72.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -35.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 0.90 in — Feb 22, 2021
March 91.9°F — Mar 22, 2026 -18.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.37 in — Mar 25, 2024
April 90.0°F — Apr 2, 2012 8.1°F — Apr 4, 2018 1.48 in — Apr 15, 2012
May 102.0°F — May 15, 2013 21.9°F — May 3, 2011 2.12 in — May 17, 2017
June 99.0°F — Jun 18, 2021 37.9°F — Jun 1, 2012 3.60 in — Jun 21, 2012
July 100.9°F — Jul 24, 2012 39.0°F — Jul 28, 2013 3.33 in — Jul 30, 2025
August 100.0°F — Aug 24, 2023 37.9°F — Aug 17, 2012 4.76 in — Aug 21, 2017
September 98.1°F — Sep 3, 2023 24.1°F — Sep 23, 2012 2.31 in — Sep 11, 2019
October 93.9°F — Oct 1, 2023 9.0°F — Oct 19, 2022 2.34 in — Oct 7, 2017
November 86.0°F — Nov 6, 2015 -6.0°F — Nov 12, 2019 1.62 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 68.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -23.1°F — Dec 18, 2016 2.67 in — Dec 14, 2015

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