All-time weather records — Creston, IA

Record high
111.0°F
July 25, 1936
Record low
-31.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
8.00 in
February 2, 2011

Climate change signal in Creston

6%

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

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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 #
1900s
11
23
1910s
39
70
1920s
27
31
1930s
91
34
1940s
28
39
1950s
33
34
1960s
16
25
1970s
9
18
1980s
34
30
1990s
19
18
2000s
24
8
2010s
25
19
2020s
10
17

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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1905-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 27, 2002 -31.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 2.56 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 78.1°F — Feb 24, 1930 -26.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 8.00 in — Feb 2, 2011
March 91.0°F — Mar 23, 2026 -20.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 4.00 in — Mar 20, 2000
April 93.0°F — Apr 30, 1952 7.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.45 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 102.9°F — May 30, 1934 23.0°F — May 1, 2011 4.40 in — May 9, 1950
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 1934 35.1°F — Jun 11, 1923 4.55 in — Jun 5, 2010
July 111.0°F — Jul 25, 1936 39.0°F — Jul 8, 1905 7.25 in — Jul 24, 2008
August 111.0°F — Aug 5, 1918 37.0°F — Aug 25, 1923 4.92 in — Aug 27, 1977
September 102.9°F — Sep 3, 1939 24.1°F — Sep 29, 1984 6.54 in — Sep 14, 1992
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 1953 1.9°F — Oct 28, 1925 3.46 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1938 -18.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 4.06 in — Nov 17, 1952
December 71.1°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.82 in — Dec 14, 2015

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