All-time weather records — Butte City, ID

Record high
102.0°F
July 19, 1937
Record low
-45.9°F
January 21, 1937
Wettest day
2.44 in
February 8, 1985

Climate change signal in Butte City

7.4%

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

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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 #
1910s
2
47
1920s
34
37
1930s
82
35
1940s
26
14
1950s
32
36
1960s
36
46
1970s
16
46
1980s
36
43
1990s
32
33
2000s
29
8
2010s
27
15
2020s
14
6

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 1915, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1914-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 52.0°F — Jan 7, 1962 -45.9°F — Jan 21, 1937 1.05 in — Jan 10, 1968
February 59.0°F — Feb 20, 1991 -32.1°F — Feb 9, 1929 2.44 in — Feb 8, 1985
March 71.1°F — Mar 31, 1966 -20.0°F — Mar 12, 1917 1.20 in — Mar 27, 1985
April 87.1°F — Apr 20, 1923 -2.9°F — Apr 1, 1917 1.64 in — Apr 20, 1981
May 95.0°F — May 16, 1927 10.9°F — May 1, 1972 1.89 in — May 15, 1962
June 97.0°F — Jun 23, 1988 19.9°F — Jun 2, 1929 1.25 in — Jun 6, 1993
July 102.0°F — Jul 19, 1937 28.9°F — Jul 5, 1986 1.40 in — Jul 2, 1997
August 100.0°F — Aug 3, 1961 25.0°F — Aug 25, 1992 1.65 in — Aug 2, 2011
September 100.0°F — Sep 6, 1927 10.9°F — Sep 25, 1926 1.44 in — Sep 5, 2007
October 84.9°F — Oct 2, 2010 1.0°F — Oct 29, 1932 1.05 in — Oct 17, 1938
November 72.0°F — Nov 9, 1945 -22.0°F — Nov 25, 2010 0.95 in — Nov 7, 1928
December 59.0°F — Dec 17, 1939 -45.0°F — Dec 23, 1983 1.69 in — Dec 25, 2008

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