All-time weather records — Brandon, SD

Record high
109.9°F
June 21, 1988
Record low
-36.0°F
January 19, 1970
Wettest day
5.44 in
August 7, 2022

Climate change signal in Brandon

15.8%

of Brandon's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (58 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1930s
53
34
1940s
32
31
1950s
42
48
1960s
22
68
1970s
27
68
1980s
51
39
1990s
36
37
2000s
25
17
2010s
30
16
2020s
48
8

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 1933, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1932-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -36.0°F — Jan 19, 1970 1.59 in — Jan 1, 1960
February 70.0°F — Feb 17, 1981 -31.0°F — Feb 28, 1962 1.62 in — Feb 19, 1952
March 89.1°F — Mar 21, 2026 -23.1°F — Mar 11, 1948 3.27 in — Mar 31, 2007
April 93.9°F — Apr 25, 1962 3.9°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.72 in — Apr 22, 2001
May 104.0°F — May 30, 1934 17.1°F — May 4, 1967 4.22 in — May 29, 2004
June 109.9°F — Jun 21, 1988 33.1°F — Jun 1, 1956 4.26 in — Jun 16, 1957
July 109.9°F — Jul 17, 1936 37.9°F — Jul 4, 1967 3.35 in — Jul 1, 1992
August 109.0°F — Aug 24, 1936 34.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 5.44 in — Aug 7, 2022
September 104.0°F — Sep 6, 1976 21.9°F — Sep 30, 1974 4.02 in — Sep 11, 1966
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 2023 9.0°F — Oct 19, 1972 4.54 in — Oct 9, 1973
November 82.0°F — Nov 6, 2020 -17.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 1.92 in — Nov 23, 2001
December 63.0°F — Dec 1, 1998 -27.9°F — Dec 23, 1990 1.41 in — Dec 3, 1955

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