All-time weather records — Forest City, IA

Record high
108.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-36.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
7.51 in
August 31, 1962

Climate change signal in Forest City

6.6%

of Forest City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 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
18
42
1900s
17
39
1910s
31
56
1920s
24
43
1930s
86
25
1940s
26
26
1950s
19
21
1960s
16
27
1970s
13
23
1980s
28
17
1990s
22
19
2000s
27
8
2010s
21
15
2020s
18
5

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 1894, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 25, 1944 -36.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 4.00 in — Jan 26, 2004
February 72.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -33.0°F — Feb 9, 1899 2.00 in — Feb 28, 1998
March 86.0°F — Mar 30, 1895 -26.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.80 in — Mar 13, 1991
April 93.9°F — Apr 28, 1910 3.0°F — Apr 12, 2002 2.59 in — Apr 12, 2005
May 106.0°F — May 31, 1934 21.9°F — May 3, 1967 6.12 in — May 21, 1959
June 104.0°F — Jun 2, 1934 34.0°F — Jun 7, 1901 6.51 in — Jun 12, 1944
July 108.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 37.9°F — Jul 9, 1895 4.08 in — Jul 12, 2000
August 105.1°F — Aug 3, 1930 35.1°F — Aug 30, 1915 7.51 in — Aug 31, 1962
September 100.9°F — Sep 6, 1922 6.1°F — Sep 9, 1922 5.76 in — Sep 8, 1964
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 -2.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.17 in — Oct 1, 1923
November 80.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -13.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.21 in — Nov 20, 1934
December 69.1°F — Dec 2, 1998 -27.9°F — Dec 14, 1901 2.00 in — Dec 10, 1911

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