All-time weather records — Dickens, IA

Record high
113.0°F
July 17, 1936
Record low
-38.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
5.01 in
September 7, 1964

Climate change signal in Dickens

11.2%

of Dickens's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (41 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
44
1900s
·
·
1910s
10
23
1920s
38
57
1930s
106
39
1940s
30
29
1950s
17
41
1960s
16
30
1970s
17
33
1980s
26
20
1990s
14
12
2000s
29
11
2010s
21
15
2020s
34
12

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -38.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.00 in — Jan 12, 1922
February 71.1°F — Feb 26, 2024 -36.0°F — Feb 9, 1899 1.35 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 88.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -27.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.19 in — Mar 3, 1985
April 93.0°F — Apr 29, 2007 0.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.00 in — Apr 12, 2010
May 109.0°F — May 30, 1934 19.9°F — May 3, 1967 3.76 in — May 20, 1959
June 106.0°F — Jun 10, 1933 30.0°F — Jun 11, 1896 4.38 in — Jun 21, 2024
July 113.0°F — Jul 17, 1936 6.1°F — Jul 25, 1987 4.68 in — Jul 8, 1987
August 111.0°F — Aug 3, 1930 34.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 4.10 in — Aug 10, 1939
September 102.0°F — Sep 2, 1925 21.0°F — Sep 28, 1942 5.01 in — Sep 7, 1964
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 1997 -8.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.27 in — Oct 13, 2023
November 80.1°F — Nov 8, 2006 -17.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 2.85 in — Nov 26, 1896
December 66.0°F — Dec 1, 1998 -29.9°F — Dec 26, 1914 1.80 in — Dec 25, 2016

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