All-time weather records — Galt, IA

Record high
102.9°F
July 31, 1955
Record low
-32.1°F
January 21, 1970
Wettest day
5.74 in
September 20, 1983

Climate change signal in Galt

4.6%

of Galt's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (17 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
46
29
1950s
38
69
1960s
50
67
1970s
42
67
1980s
54
63
1990s
46
40
2000s
45
15
2010s
40
15
2020s
5
1

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 1944, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1944-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 28, 2002 -32.1°F — Jan 21, 1970 1.45 in — Jan 25, 1967
February 66.9°F — Feb 18, 1981 -29.9°F — Feb 9, 1972 2.00 in — Feb 18, 2014
March 86.0°F — Mar 30, 1986 -26.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 5.00 in — Mar 4, 1983
April 96.1°F — Apr 23, 1980 3.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 3.48 in — Apr 29, 1963
May 102.0°F — May 15, 2013 21.0°F — May 3, 2005 3.65 in — May 21, 2001
June 102.0°F — Jun 9, 1985 34.0°F — Jun 4, 1945 5.15 in — Jun 26, 1951
July 102.9°F — Jul 31, 1955 42.1°F — Jul 5, 1967 5.28 in — Jul 17, 1968
August 102.0°F — Aug 16, 1988 32.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.25 in — Aug 30, 1962
September 99.0°F — Sep 10, 2013 21.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 5.74 in — Sep 20, 1983
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 1997 12.0°F — Oct 22, 1976 2.54 in — Oct 11, 1961
November 84.9°F — Nov 10, 1999 -18.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.00 in — Nov 30, 2008
December 66.9°F — Dec 2, 1998 -26.0°F — Dec 9, 1958 2.70 in — Dec 26, 2008

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