All-time weather records — Fayette, IA

Record high
109.9°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-40.0°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
7.67 in
July 22, 2017

Climate change signal in Fayette

9.3%

of Fayette's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
35
31
1900s
19
40
1910s
24
37
1920s
34
30
1930s
71
24
1940s
21
30
1950s
12
33
1960s
10
29
1970s
9
41
1980s
32
20
1990s
17
24
2000s
29
13
2010s
30
10
2020s
23
4

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 61.0°F — Jan 27, 1944 -38.0°F — Jan 30, 1951 4.50 in — Jan 6, 1894
February 72.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -40.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 2.42 in — Feb 22, 1922
March 86.0°F — Mar 29, 1895 -33.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.29 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 96.1°F — Apr 22, 1980 -2.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 4.56 in — Apr 25, 2008
May 109.0°F — May 31, 1934 18.0°F — May 4, 1907 6.20 in — May 17, 1999
June 108.0°F — Jun 27, 1934 30.0°F — Jun 1, 1903 4.50 in — Jun 10, 2020
July 109.9°F — Jul 14, 1936 37.9°F — Jul 2, 1904 7.67 in — Jul 22, 2017
August 104.0°F — Aug 3, 1930 33.1°F — Aug 30, 1915 5.28 in — Aug 2, 1981
September 100.9°F — Sep 7, 1893 15.1°F — Sep 30, 1899 5.23 in — Sep 11, 2006
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 1976 -5.1°F — Oct 30, 1925 2.86 in — Oct 29, 1896
November 79.0°F — Nov 1, 1933 -20.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.22 in — Nov 4, 2003
December 66.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -34.1°F — Dec 27, 1950 2.41 in — Dec 14, 2015

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