All-time weather records — Independence, IA

Record high
102.0°F
July 31, 1988
Record low
-31.0°F
January 16, 2009
Wettest day
7.50 in
September 23, 1884

Climate change signal in Independence

0%

of Independence's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1860s
·
·
1870s
·
·
1880s
4
51
1890s
4
16
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
·
·
1980s
124
138
1990s
125
82
2000s
109
79

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 1883, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1862-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 27, 2002 -31.0°F — Jan 16, 2009 1.75 in — Jan 2, 1876
February 66.0°F — Feb 25, 2000 -29.9°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.90 in — Feb 14, 1869
March 86.0°F — Mar 29, 1986 -11.0°F — Mar 4, 2002 3.53 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 90.0°F — Apr 18, 1994 -0.9°F — Apr 6, 1982 3.06 in — Apr 23, 1989
May 93.0°F — May 28, 1991 19.9°F — May 3, 2005 3.71 in — May 30, 2008
June 100.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1993 4.85 in — Jun 26, 1869
July 102.0°F — Jul 31, 1988 41.0°F — Jul 7, 1984 5.70 in — Jul 17, 1968
August 100.9°F — Aug 16, 1988 36.0°F — Aug 21, 2004 6.08 in — Aug 20, 2007
September 96.1°F — Sep 2, 1999 26.1°F — Sep 23, 1983 7.50 in — Sep 23, 1884
October 93.9°F — Oct 3, 1997 15.1°F — Oct 27, 1997 3.50 in — Oct 17, 1877
November 79.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -14.1°F — Nov 28, 1887 4.22 in — Nov 4, 2003
December 66.9°F — Dec 4, 1998 -25.1°F — Dec 19, 1983 2.00 in — Dec 6, 1873

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