All-time weather records — Gettysburg, SD

Record high
114.1°F
July 20, 1934
Record low
-34.1°F
February 9, 1994
Wettest day
4.68 in
June 13, 2007

Climate change signal in Gettysburg

4.9%

of Gettysburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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 #
1900s
6
13
1930s
88
51
1940s
48
54
1950s
50
36
1960s
26
55
1970s
27
46
1980s
35
31
1990s
26
28
2000s
27
20
2010s
26
23
2020s
7
9

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 1901, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1901-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 5, 2012 -33.0°F — Jan 24, 1904 0.82 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 70.0°F — Feb 25, 1958 -34.1°F — Feb 9, 1994 1.20 in — Feb 27, 1958
March 84.9°F — Mar 28, 1946 -27.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.05 in — Mar 28, 2004
April 97.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 0.0°F — Apr 1, 1975 2.26 in — Apr 28, 2014
May 104.0°F — May 28, 1934 16.0°F — May 12, 1946 4.03 in — May 27, 1956
June 108.0°F — Jun 15, 1936 32.0°F — Jun 3, 1950 4.68 in — Jun 13, 2007
July 114.1°F — Jul 20, 1934 37.9°F — Jul 30, 1971 4.50 in — Jul 7, 1994
August 111.0°F — Aug 9, 1947 34.0°F — Aug 17, 1935 3.48 in — Aug 18, 2006
September 107.1°F — Sep 10, 1931 19.0°F — Sep 26, 1942 2.27 in — Sep 2, 1999
October 98.1°F — Oct 8, 1954 1.0°F — Oct 30, 1991 3.37 in — Oct 9, 2001
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1990 -17.0°F — Nov 14, 1940 2.23 in — Nov 2, 1956
December 69.1°F — Dec 3, 1941 -32.1°F — Dec 31, 1967 4.00 in — Dec 17, 2000

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