All-time weather records — Claremont, SD

Record high
108.0°F
July 10, 1966
Record low
-45.0°F
February 8, 1994
Wettest day
9.00 in
March 6, 2011

Climate change signal in Claremont

14.5%

of Claremont's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (53 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
2
1
1950s
65
76
1960s
44
72
1970s
53
53
1980s
59
62
1990s
33
52
2000s
36
22
2010s
45
14
2020s
29
14

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 1949, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1949-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 6, 2012 -38.9°F — Jan 15, 2009 0.80 in — Jan 1, 1960
February 68.0°F — Feb 25, 1958 -45.0°F — Feb 8, 1994 1.70 in — Feb 27, 1958
March 82.9°F — Mar 31, 1963 -27.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 9.00 in — Mar 6, 2011
April 95.0°F — Apr 25, 1962 -17.0°F — Apr 5, 1997 2.45 in — Apr 30, 1953
May 100.9°F — May 1, 1959 10.0°F — May 18, 1956 7.62 in — May 6, 2007
June 106.0°F — Jun 24, 1988 33.1°F — Jun 9, 1966 3.70 in — Jun 13, 2025
July 108.0°F — Jul 10, 1966 37.9°F — Jul 30, 1971 3.52 in — Jul 2, 2000
August 108.0°F — Aug 13, 1965 34.0°F — Aug 14, 1968 2.88 in — Aug 8, 2021
September 99.0°F — Sep 19, 1984 15.1°F — Sep 26, 1965 5.32 in — Sep 3, 1999
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 1990 -0.9°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.85 in — Oct 17, 1998
November 79.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -26.0°F — Nov 26, 1985 1.06 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 64.9°F — Dec 16, 1962 -38.0°F — Dec 31, 1967 1.10 in — Dec 26, 2023

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