All-time weather records — Eldora, IA

Record high
108.0°F
August 16, 1988
Record low
-29.0°F
February 2, 1996
Wettest day
7.45 in
September 20, 1950

Climate change signal in Eldora

14.5%

of Eldora's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (53 of 366 records since 2015).

10.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (39 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
·
·
1950s
8
34
1960s
43
92
1970s
43
59
1980s
91
52
1990s
40
43
2000s
59
28
2010s
56
37
2020s
26
21

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 1957, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1949-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 27, 2002 -27.0°F — Jan 13, 1974 1.16 in — Jan 25, 1967
February 69.1°F — Feb 18, 2017 -29.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.92 in — Feb 25, 2007
March 87.1°F — Mar 30, 1986 -27.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.76 in — Mar 30, 1993
April 98.1°F — Apr 23, 1980 6.1°F — Apr 6, 1982 4.08 in — Apr 25, 2008
May 98.1°F — May 28, 2018 27.0°F — May 1, 1961 3.23 in — May 23, 1966
June 104.0°F — Jun 22, 1988 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1993 4.38 in — Jun 21, 1997
July 102.9°F — Jul 11, 1989 36.0°F — Jul 30, 2005 5.25 in — Jul 8, 1969
August 108.0°F — Aug 16, 1988 30.9°F — Aug 29, 2005 5.66 in — Aug 29, 2015
September 98.1°F — Sep 2, 1984 28.0°F — Sep 22, 1974 7.45 in — Sep 20, 1950
October 93.9°F — Oct 3, 1976 17.1°F — Oct 19, 2022 2.95 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 1968 -13.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.64 in — Nov 4, 2003
December 71.1°F — Dec 16, 2021 -23.1°F — Dec 24, 1983 2.58 in — Dec 14, 2015

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