All-time weather records — Bowdle, SD

Record high
114.1°F
August 2, 1900
Record low
-38.9°F
February 7, 1899
Wettest day
5.63 in
June 18, 1964

Climate change signal in Bowdle

0%

of Bowdle's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

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of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
88
108
1900s
272
240
1910s
6
17
1920s
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1930s
·
·
1940s
·
1
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
·
·
2010s
·
·
2020s
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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 1898, the latest in 1910. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 20, 1900 -36.0°F — Jan 2, 1910 2.00 in — Jan 11, 1893
February 61.0°F — Feb 8, 1898 -38.9°F — Feb 7, 1899 4.00 in — Feb 9, 1893
March 81.0°F — Mar 23, 1910 -25.1°F — Mar 22, 1899 2.80 in — Mar 4, 1966
April 90.0°F — Apr 30, 1901 -0.9°F — Apr 2, 1908 2.41 in — Apr 30, 1902
May 99.0°F — May 15, 1903 17.1°F — May 1, 1909 3.80 in — May 18, 1960
June 100.9°F — Jun 23, 1898 28.0°F — Jun 6, 1901 5.63 in — Jun 18, 1964
July 109.0°F — Jul 20, 1901 30.0°F — Jul 23, 1906 3.88 in — Jul 11, 1944
August 114.1°F — Aug 2, 1900 19.0°F — Aug 19, 1907 3.00 in — Aug 31, 1903
September 100.9°F — Sep 7, 1902 15.1°F — Sep 27, 1899 2.18 in — Sep 9, 1927
October 95.0°F — Oct 9, 1908 7.0°F — Oct 13, 1909 2.07 in — Oct 10, 1949
November 78.1°F — Nov 1, 1901 -20.0°F — Nov 30, 1905 2.55 in — Nov 2, 1956
December 80.1°F — Dec 14, 1904 -29.0°F — Dec 13, 1901 1.05 in — Dec 26, 2023

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