All-time weather records — Cresbard, SD

Record high
114.1°F
July 9, 1936
Record low
-41.1°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
6.70 in
July 7, 1994

Climate change signal in Cresbard

6.6%

of Cresbard's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
41
1900s
15
43
1910s
13
42
1920s
22
26
1930s
70
28
1940s
32
16
1950s
35
41
1960s
26
36
1970s
26
34
1980s
32
18
1990s
17
17
2000s
35
6
2010s
23
17
2020s
12
1

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 13, 1987 -41.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.52 in — Jan 9, 1939
February 71.1°F — Feb 25, 1958 -38.9°F — Feb 3, 1905 1.45 in — Feb 4, 1917
March 86.0°F — Mar 19, 2012 -27.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 3.10 in — Mar 24, 1893
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -7.1°F — Apr 1, 1975 2.85 in — Apr 5, 1921
May 109.0°F — May 30, 1934 14.0°F — May 10, 1981 3.13 in — May 16, 1904
June 111.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 28.9°F — Jun 7, 1901 3.90 in — Jun 25, 1969
July 114.1°F — Jul 9, 1936 35.1°F — Jul 30, 1971 6.70 in — Jul 7, 1994
August 113.0°F — Aug 13, 1965 33.1°F — Aug 28, 1935 5.55 in — Aug 5, 2000
September 106.0°F — Sep 2, 1983 15.1°F — Sep 28, 1951 3.67 in — Sep 20, 1996
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1963 -8.0°F — Oct 26, 1919 3.00 in — Oct 17, 1998
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1990 -25.1°F — Nov 28, 1896 2.15 in — Nov 27, 1893
December 68.0°F — Dec 2, 2021 -35.0°F — Dec 30, 1990 1.50 in — Dec 26, 2023

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