All-time weather records — Exira, IA

Record high
113.0°F
July 25, 1936
Record low
-35.0°F
February 2, 1905
Wettest day
12.53 in
July 2, 1958

Climate change signal in Exira

6.3%

of Exira's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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
16
50
1900s
13
63
1910s
15
40
1920s
19
27
1930s
105
15
1940s
19
16
1950s
28
26
1960s
15
31
1970s
14
11
1980s
37
17
1990s
30
19
2000s
21
20
2010s
18
19
2020s
16
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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 24, 1981 -34.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 2.00 in — Jan 8, 1937
February 75.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -35.0°F — Feb 2, 1905 1.70 in — Feb 25, 2001
March 90.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -23.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 6.00 in — Mar 2, 2002
April 93.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 3.9°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.39 in — Apr 2, 1964
May 104.0°F — May 30, 1934 19.9°F — May 4, 1907 6.00 in — May 7, 2007
June 105.1°F — Jun 10, 1933 32.0°F — Jun 9, 1925 4.50 in — Jun 18, 1935
July 113.0°F — Jul 25, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 1, 1918 12.53 in — Jul 2, 1958
August 109.9°F — Aug 8, 1934 1.9°F — Aug 24, 1923 6.25 in — Aug 23, 1895
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 2000 21.9°F — Sep 29, 1908 5.57 in — Sep 11, 1972
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 1997 0.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 3.44 in — Oct 11, 1986
November 78.1°F — Nov 2, 1953 -14.1°F — Nov 12, 2019 3.77 in — Nov 13, 1909
December 69.1°F — Dec 16, 2021 -29.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.91 in — Dec 14, 2015

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