All-time weather records — Dakota City, IA

Record high
100.9°F
June 18, 2021
Record low
-25.1°F
January 2, 2010
Wettest day
4.67 in
June 26, 2010

Climate change signal in Dakota City

54.6%

of Dakota City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (200 of 366 records since 2015).

57.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (211 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 #
2000s
3
5
2010s
276
274
2020s
87
87

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 2009, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 2009-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 6, 2012 -25.1°F — Jan 2, 2010 0.89 in — Jan 15, 2022
February 66.9°F — Feb 23, 2017 -23.1°F — Feb 11, 2014 1.75 in — Feb 24, 2019
March 81.0°F — Mar 17, 2012 -14.1°F — Mar 2, 2014 2.47 in — Mar 24, 2018
April 88.0°F — Apr 26, 2012 8.1°F — Apr 4, 2018 1.70 in — Apr 10, 2013
May 100.0°F — May 28, 2018 3.0°F — May 7, 2016 2.28 in — May 27, 2013
June 100.9°F — Jun 18, 2021 43.0°F — Jun 1, 2012 4.67 in — Jun 26, 2010
July 100.0°F — Jul 7, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 27, 2013 3.27 in — Jul 1, 2018
August 97.0°F — Aug 31, 2012 43.0°F — Aug 17, 2013 3.25 in — Aug 20, 2019
September 99.0°F — Sep 10, 2013 30.9°F — Sep 15, 2011 2.80 in — Sep 20, 2018
October 91.0°F — Oct 9, 2010 15.1°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.73 in — Oct 7, 2017
November 77.0°F — Nov 4, 2020 -9.9°F — Nov 28, 2014 1.95 in — Nov 13, 2010
December 69.1°F — Dec 16, 2021 -20.0°F — Dec 19, 2016 2.17 in — Dec 14, 2015

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