All-time weather records — Belle Fourche, SD

Record high
111.9°F
July 27, 1931
Record low
-52.1°F
August 1, 1950
Wettest day
4.25 in
May 20, 1982

Climate change signal in Belle Fourche

7.7%

of Belle Fourche's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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 #
1900s
7
2
1910s
25
90
1920s
25
54
1930s
62
33
1940s
17
25
1950s
39
37
1960s
28
30
1970s
34
16
1980s
31
18
1990s
27
30
2000s
22
3
2010s
35
25
2020s
14
3

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 1908, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 1908-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 25, 2005 -38.9°F — Jan 12, 1916 3.00 in — Jan 14, 2001
February 73.0°F — Feb 4, 2005 -42.0°F — Feb 7, 1914 1.00 in — Feb 23, 2003
March 82.9°F — Mar 29, 2015 -29.9°F — Mar 4, 1960 2.30 in — Mar 21, 1993
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1910 -5.1°F — Apr 2, 1936 2.44 in — Apr 20, 1933
May 102.9°F — May 27, 1934 15.1°F — May 3, 1954 4.25 in — May 20, 1982
June 109.0°F — Jun 20, 1910 21.0°F — Jun 2, 1919 3.41 in — Jun 14, 1976
July 111.9°F — Jul 27, 1931 33.1°F — Jul 13, 1996 2.47 in — Jul 12, 1930
August 108.0°F — Aug 7, 1975 -52.1°F — Aug 1, 1950 3.70 in — Aug 20, 1923
September 107.1°F — Sep 6, 1978 10.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.50 in — Sep 10, 2003
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 1922 -11.9°F — Oct 30, 1991 2.49 in — Oct 26, 1996
November 82.9°F — Nov 7, 1999 -26.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 1.50 in — Nov 5, 1922
December 73.9°F — Dec 18, 1979 -44.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 0.93 in — Dec 21, 1911

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