All-time weather records — Bridgewater, SD

Record high
107.1°F
August 3, 2022
Record low
-35.0°F
January 19, 1970
Wettest day
5.85 in
September 4, 1999

Climate change signal in Bridgewater

13.7%

of Bridgewater's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (50 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 #
1940s
14
8
1950s
61
74
1960s
54
76
1970s
40
63
1980s
48
40
1990s
26
44
2000s
46
21
2010s
37
25
2020s
40
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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 5, 2012 -35.0°F — Jan 19, 1970 1.08 in — Jan 3, 2023
February 73.9°F — Feb 23, 1958 -33.0°F — Feb 11, 1988 1.50 in — Feb 14, 1969
March 88.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -23.1°F — Mar 4, 1960 3.00 in — Mar 31, 2007
April 97.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 3.9°F — Apr 6, 1982 3.80 in — Apr 23, 2001
May 104.0°F — May 25, 1967 1.9°F — May 1, 2005 3.75 in — May 1, 1972
June 106.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 33.1°F — Jun 1, 1956 4.70 in — Jun 11, 2010
July 106.0°F — Jul 10, 1966 39.9°F — Jul 30, 1971 4.20 in — Jul 6, 2015
August 107.1°F — Aug 3, 2022 34.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 5.50 in — Aug 19, 2006
September 102.9°F — Sep 6, 1976 21.9°F — Sep 30, 1974 5.85 in — Sep 4, 1999
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 1953 8.1°F — Oct 27, 2020 3.30 in — Oct 5, 1998
November 82.0°F — Nov 7, 2020 -20.9°F — Nov 14, 1959 2.17 in — Nov 19, 1948
December 66.0°F — Dec 3, 1998 -29.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.40 in — Dec 3, 1953

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