All-time weather records — Guthrie Center, IA

Record high
113.0°F
July 25, 1936
Record low
-35.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
6.79 in
April 27, 2009

Climate change signal in Guthrie Center

8.2%

of Guthrie Center's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (30 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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
6
26
1900s
18
49
1910s
31
47
1920s
27
29
1930s
108
23
1940s
11
14
1950s
23
18
1960s
8
20
1970s
15
30
1980s
25
29
1990s
27
29
2000s
23
25
2010s
24
17
2020s
20
10

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 25, 1981 -35.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 3.00 in — Jan 30, 2004
February 77.0°F — Feb 24, 1930 -35.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 2.00 in — Feb 10, 2002
March 91.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -29.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.63 in — Mar 26, 1995
April 96.1°F — Apr 23, 2009 7.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 6.79 in — Apr 27, 2009
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1934 19.0°F — May 4, 1907 6.50 in — May 24, 2007
June 106.0°F — Jun 10, 1933 35.1°F — Jun 1, 2001 5.95 in — Jun 25, 2015
July 113.0°F — Jul 25, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 9, 1895 6.72 in — Jul 28, 2008
August 113.0°F — Aug 5, 1934 36.0°F — Aug 28, 1935 5.28 in — Aug 22, 1954
September 102.0°F — Sep 6, 1939 19.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 6.69 in — Sep 15, 1992
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 1922 0.0°F — Oct 29, 2011 2.98 in — Oct 4, 1919
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1968 -16.1°F — Nov 7, 1991 4.35 in — Nov 23, 1931
December 72.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -31.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 2.78 in — Dec 14, 2015

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