All-time weather records — Crescent, IA

Record high
109.9°F
July 21, 1974
Record low
-23.1°F
January 10, 1982
Wettest day
6.46 in
August 7, 1999

Climate change signal in Crescent

17.5%

of Crescent's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (64 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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
4
6
1950s
55
38
1960s
38
56
1970s
55
76
1980s
47
93
1990s
38
34
2000s
35
23
2010s
55
22
2020s
39
18

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 30, 2012 -23.1°F — Jan 10, 1982 1.55 in — Jan 22, 1982
February 80.1°F — Feb 26, 2024 -22.9°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.75 in — Feb 19, 1954
March 96.1°F — Mar 21, 2026 -16.1°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.58 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 97.0°F — Apr 22, 1989 5.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.73 in — Apr 14, 1999
May 100.9°F — May 14, 2013 27.0°F — May 3, 1976 4.16 in — May 26, 1987
June 105.1°F — Jun 17, 2021 37.9°F — Jun 6, 1983 5.30 in — Jun 3, 2014
July 109.9°F — Jul 21, 1974 44.1°F — Jul 5, 1972 3.22 in — Jul 29, 1948
August 107.1°F — Aug 2, 1964 43.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 6.46 in — Aug 7, 1999
September 102.9°F — Sep 1, 1975 25.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 6.24 in — Sep 7, 1965
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 2024 12.9°F — Oct 19, 1972 3.09 in — Oct 16, 1968
November 82.9°F — Nov 13, 1999 -9.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.01 in — Nov 17, 1952
December 73.9°F — Dec 15, 2021 -23.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.89 in — Dec 13, 2015

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