All-time weather records — Hot Springs, SD

Record high
111.9°F
July 10, 1933
Record low
-41.1°F
January 11, 1909
Wettest day
4.31 in
April 19, 2000

Climate change signal in Hot Springs

9.8%

of Hot Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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
3
23
1900s
7
9
1910s
15
41
1920s
17
28
1930s
122
34
1940s
21
19
1950s
28
38
1960s
10
31
1970s
21
33
1980s
23
29
1990s
29
30
2000s
19
20
2010s
27
15
2020s
24
16

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: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 27, 2015 -41.1°F — Jan 11, 1909 1.10 in — Jan 24, 1921
February 72.0°F — Feb 21, 1982 -41.1°F — Feb 11, 1899 0.80 in — Mar 1, 2004
March 87.1°F — Mar 26, 2026 -22.0°F — Mar 21, 1913 2.00 in — Mar 8, 2002
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 1910 -11.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 4.31 in — Apr 19, 2000
May 102.0°F — May 29, 1934 12.9°F — May 3, 1954 3.33 in — May 23, 1971
June 108.0°F — Jun 18, 1936 26.1°F — Jun 2, 1951 3.50 in — Jun 21, 1947
July 111.9°F — Jul 10, 1933 36.0°F — Jul 3, 1915 2.87 in — Jul 29, 1997
August 111.0°F — Aug 14, 1937 28.0°F — Aug 26, 1910 3.70 in — Aug 8, 2013
September 102.9°F — Sep 1, 1940 12.9°F — Sep 26, 1926 2.10 in — Sep 5, 1938
October 93.9°F — Oct 8, 1935 -18.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 2.02 in — Oct 12, 2023
November 80.1°F — Nov 8, 1999 -20.9°F — Nov 14, 1959 1.50 in — Nov 4, 1922
December 72.0°F — Dec 3, 1941 -36.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.20 in — Dec 11, 1909

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