All-time weather records — Highmore, SD

Record high
113.0°F
July 9, 1936
Record low
-62.0°F
August 14, 1907
Wettest day
6.00 in
August 4, 2007

Climate change signal in Highmore

7.1%

of Highmore's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 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
14
33
1900s
26
28
1910s
17
57
1920s
25
41
1930s
77
23
1940s
23
38
1950s
28
31
1960s
19
25
1970s
33
24
1980s
28
20
1990s
16
10
2000s
21
16
2010s
27
20
2020s
12
·

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 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 12, 1987 -45.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 2.46 in — Jan 9, 1939
February 70.0°F — Feb 4, 2005 -44.0°F — Feb 14, 2000 5.15 in — Feb 25, 2001
March 86.0°F — Mar 23, 1910 -26.0°F — Mar 4, 1917 2.70 in — Mar 17, 1987
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -4.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.15 in — Apr 28, 1989
May 108.0°F — May 30, 1934 15.1°F — May 17, 2002 2.70 in — May 18, 2019
June 111.9°F — Jun 28, 1931 21.0°F — Jun 5, 2004 4.75 in — Jun 21, 1984
July 113.0°F — Jul 9, 1936 21.0°F — Jul 18, 2000 5.90 in — Jul 2, 1981
August 113.0°F — Aug 13, 1965 -62.0°F — Aug 14, 1907 6.00 in — Aug 4, 2007
September 108.0°F — Sep 2, 1983 -52.1°F — Sep 26, 1925 2.75 in — Sep 15, 2010
October 97.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 -11.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 2.25 in — Oct 16, 1980
November 81.0°F — Nov 8, 1931 -23.1°F — Nov 14, 1940 2.10 in — Nov 13, 1993
December 68.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -36.0°F — Dec 24, 1983 6.00 in — Dec 18, 2000

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