All-time weather records — Britt, IA

Record high
120.0°F
August 29, 1983
Record low
-36.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
8.60 in
June 18, 1954

Climate change signal in Britt

1.1%

of Britt's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (4 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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
8
31
1900s
12
62
1910s
20
57
1920s
26
37
1930s
98
23
1940s
39
27
1950s
24
34
1960s
24
26
1970s
18
23
1980s
34
18
1990s
20
14
2000s
27
8
2010s
16
4
2020s
·
2

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 1897, the latest in 2016. Period of observation: 1897-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 25, 1944 -36.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 2.32 in — Jan 11, 1975
February 63.0°F — Feb 18, 1981 -34.1°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.43 in — Feb 18, 2008
March 82.9°F — Mar 23, 1910 -26.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.50 in — Mar 26, 2004
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1980 5.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.86 in — Apr 28, 1975
May 108.0°F — May 31, 1934 19.0°F — May 4, 1907 7.46 in — May 21, 1959
June 104.0°F — Jun 2, 1934 32.0°F — Jun 4, 1945 8.60 in — Jun 18, 1954
July 109.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 37.0°F — Jul 11, 1993 3.43 in — Jul 28, 1901
August 120.0°F — Aug 29, 1983 30.0°F — Aug 13, 1983 5.90 in — Aug 28, 1936
September 100.9°F — Sep 6, 1922 19.9°F — Sep 29, 1899 5.30 in — Sep 8, 1964
October 95.0°F — Oct 9, 1983 -2.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 2.45 in — Oct 22, 1979
November 79.0°F — Nov 8, 2016 -17.0°F — Nov 29, 1897 2.54 in — Nov 13, 1909
December 66.9°F — Dec 2, 1998 -27.0°F — Dec 14, 1901 1.73 in — Dec 13, 2007

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