All-time weather records — Cresco, IA

Record high
106.0°F
July 24, 1901
Record low
-36.0°F
February 2, 1996
Wettest day
6.20 in
August 31, 1962

Climate change signal in Cresco

6%

of Cresco's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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
37
48
1900s
20
23
1930s
30
6
1940s
45
32
1950s
29
29
1960s
21
25
1970s
17
48
1980s
35
49
1990s
31
44
2000s
43
33
2010s
58
25
2020s
·
4

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 1893, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1893-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 27, 2002 -35.0°F — Jan 15, 1963 1.90 in — Jan 5, 1946
February 63.0°F — Feb 18, 1981 -36.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.16 in — Feb 21, 2017
March 84.0°F — Mar 29, 1895 -29.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.91 in — Mar 14, 1990
April 91.0°F — Apr 23, 1980 -0.9°F — Apr 6, 1982 2.90 in — Apr 4, 1981
May 98.1°F — May 28, 2018 21.0°F — May 3, 2004 2.70 in — May 22, 1902
June 100.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 30.9°F — Jun 1, 1897 4.37 in — Jun 8, 2008
July 106.0°F — Jul 24, 1901 39.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 4.75 in — Jul 16, 1950
August 100.9°F — Aug 8, 1894 34.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 6.20 in — Aug 31, 1962
September 98.1°F — Sep 6, 1939 21.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 5.15 in — Sep 21, 1986
October 91.9°F — Oct 4, 1997 8.1°F — Oct 30, 1895 4.45 in — Oct 15, 1966
November 78.1°F — Nov 8, 1999 -16.1°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.09 in — Nov 1, 1991
December 63.0°F — Dec 4, 2012 -29.9°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.66 in — Dec 14, 2015

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