All-time weather records — Bellevue, IA

Record high
102.9°F
July 7, 2012
Record low
-35.0°F
January 17, 2009
Wettest day
4.55 in
August 22, 2002

Climate change signal in Bellevue

17.5%

of Bellevue's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (64 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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 #
1940s
42
50
1950s
39
54
1960s
27
59
1970s
20
55
1980s
48
44
1990s
43
48
2000s
49
26
2010s
60
21
2020s
38
9

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 1941, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1941-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 27, 1944 -35.0°F — Jan 17, 2009 1.80 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 73.9°F — Feb 23, 2017 -34.1°F — Feb 4, 1996 1.99 in — Feb 28, 1948
March 87.1°F — Mar 30, 1986 -23.1°F — Mar 1, 2015 2.32 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1980 5.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.50 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 95.0°F — May 13, 2022 23.0°F — May 4, 2005 2.69 in — May 7, 1960
June 100.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 35.1°F — Jun 11, 1972 3.33 in — Jun 12, 2015
July 102.9°F — Jul 7, 2012 41.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 4.50 in — Jul 28, 2011
August 102.9°F — Aug 18, 1988 32.0°F — Aug 30, 1986 4.55 in — Aug 22, 2002
September 99.0°F — Sep 7, 1985 24.1°F — Sep 28, 1942 4.06 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 1997 14.0°F — Oct 29, 1952 3.30 in — Oct 19, 1984
November 77.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -9.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.58 in — Nov 17, 1952
December 72.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 27, 1950 2.25 in — Dec 14, 2015

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