All-time weather records — Burke, SD

Record high
114.1°F
July 16, 1936
Record low
-36.0°F
December 21, 1983
Wettest day
5.21 in
July 17, 1923

Climate change signal in Burke

7.4%

of Burke's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1900s
8
12
1910s
2
2
1920s
·
·
1930s
87
40
1940s
37
35
1950s
38
38
1960s
36
54
1970s
23
39
1980s
43
66
1990s
32
27
2000s
21
18
2010s
20
20
2020s
19
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: 1906-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 16, 1974 -31.0°F — Jan 1, 2018 2.10 in — Jan 20, 1988
February 75.9°F — Feb 21, 1995 -27.9°F — Feb 6, 1936 1.90 in — Feb 23, 1977
March 91.9°F — Mar 16, 2006 -25.1°F — Mar 4, 1960 2.00 in — Mar 17, 1987
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -4.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.61 in — Apr 30, 2022
May 102.9°F — May 17, 1934 16.0°F — May 1, 1909 2.85 in — May 5, 1999
June 107.1°F — Jun 25, 1936 32.0°F — Jun 14, 1969 4.20 in — Jun 11, 1944
July 114.1°F — Jul 16, 1936 35.1°F — Jul 2, 1985 5.21 in — Jul 17, 1923
August 113.0°F — Aug 8, 1936 33.1°F — Aug 30, 1935 4.30 in — Aug 3, 2019
September 105.1°F — Sep 9, 1931 19.9°F — Sep 24, 1985 3.50 in — Sep 19, 1996
October 97.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 3.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 5.20 in — Oct 3, 1998
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 2016 -24.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 1.95 in — Nov 2, 1972
December 79.0°F — Dec 11, 1939 -36.0°F — Dec 21, 1983 2.00 in — Dec 22, 1995

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