All-time weather records — Canton, SD

Record high
115.0°F
July 17, 1936
Record low
-47.0°F
February 2, 1905
Wettest day
8.43 in
June 16, 2014

Climate change signal in Canton

5.2%

of Canton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (19 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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
5
10
1900s
20
46
1910s
20
73
1920s
32
30
1930s
85
36
1940s
25
17
1950s
43
29
1960s
23
38
1970s
16
25
1980s
33
26
1990s
18
18
2000s
13
2
2010s
20
9
2020s
13
7

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 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 29, 1931 -38.0°F — Jan 31, 1918 1.10 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 70.0°F — Feb 22, 2017 -47.0°F — Feb 2, 1905 2.14 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 90.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -23.1°F — Mar 2, 1913 2.25 in — Mar 18, 1920
April 97.0°F — Apr 25, 1962 -6.0°F — Apr 1, 1924 2.45 in — Apr 22, 2001
May 109.0°F — May 30, 1934 17.1°F — May 3, 1967 3.30 in — May 27, 2013
June 106.0°F — Jun 28, 1936 25.0°F — Jun 1, 1956 8.43 in — Jun 16, 2014
July 115.0°F — Jul 17, 1936 3.9°F — Jul 6, 1942 4.32 in — Jul 10, 1971
August 111.9°F — Aug 24, 1936 32.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.56 in — Aug 5, 1960
September 104.0°F — Sep 6, 1976 15.1°F — Sep 28, 1899 4.71 in — Sep 20, 2018
October 95.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 -9.9°F — Oct 29, 1925 2.52 in — Oct 23, 2008
November 84.9°F — Nov 27, 1908 -22.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 2.98 in — Nov 20, 1975
December 64.9°F — Dec 2, 1998 -42.0°F — Dec 29, 1917 1.65 in — Dec 21, 1920

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