All-time weather records — Beresford, SD

Record high
113.0°F
July 17, 1936
Record low
-44.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
6.02 in
July 14, 1900

Climate change signal in Beresford

9.6%

of Beresford's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (35 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
8
19
1910s
13
52
1920s
36
39
1930s
92
35
1940s
31
23
1950s
31
8
1960s
21
23
1970s
12
50
1980s
34
39
1990s
19
27
2000s
21
13
2010s
19
23
2020s
29
15

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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 25, 1981 -44.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.20 in — Jan 21, 1917
February 73.0°F — Feb 22, 2017 -35.0°F — Feb 16, 1936 2.47 in — Feb 20, 1954
March 93.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -20.9°F — Mar 2, 1913 1.88 in — Mar 25, 2024
April 97.0°F — Apr 30, 1926 -6.0°F — Apr 4, 2018 2.50 in — Apr 23, 1944
May 109.0°F — May 30, 1934 19.0°F — May 3, 1909 3.50 in — May 20, 1944
June 108.0°F — Jun 28, 1931 33.1°F — Jun 7, 1935 4.21 in — Jun 25, 1899
July 113.0°F — Jul 17, 1936 37.9°F — Jul 30, 1971 6.02 in — Jul 14, 1900
August 111.0°F — Aug 4, 1934 32.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 3.50 in — Aug 28, 2015
September 106.0°F — Sep 3, 1971 19.0°F — Sep 26, 1984 4.01 in — Sep 20, 2018
October 95.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 -6.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 2.69 in — Oct 16, 1968
November 82.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -20.0°F — Nov 27, 1977 2.25 in — Nov 10, 1998
December 66.9°F — Dec 2, 1998 -38.9°F — Dec 29, 1917 1.13 in — Dec 3, 1953

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