All-time weather records — Ipswich, SD

Record high
117.0°F
August 14, 1938
Record low
-47.0°F
January 12, 1930
Wettest day
6.00 in
June 10, 1931

Climate change signal in Ipswich

4.1%

of Ipswich's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
23
1900s
30
65
1910s
27
71
1920s
30
29
1930s
95
31
1940s
31
7
1950s
·
·
1960s
14
27
1970s
28
30
1980s
29
35
1990s
23
21
2000s
21
9
2010s
16
16
2020s
8
2

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 1897, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1894-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 19, 1900 -47.0°F — Jan 12, 1930 1.14 in — Jan 2, 1907
February 91.0°F — Feb 26, 1899 -38.0°F — Feb 9, 1994 1.30 in — Feb 27, 1958
March 84.9°F — Mar 18, 2012 -25.1°F — Mar 4, 1917 3.00 in — Mar 4, 1896
April 97.0°F — Apr 30, 1992 -8.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.25 in — Apr 8, 1904
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1934 17.1°F — May 4, 1907 3.05 in — May 14, 1908
June 113.0°F — Jun 27, 1933 27.0°F — Jun 7, 1901 6.00 in — Jun 10, 1931
July 115.0°F — Jul 20, 1901 35.1°F — Jul 3, 1917 5.02 in — Jul 7, 1994
August 117.0°F — Aug 14, 1938 30.0°F — Aug 11, 1902 4.95 in — Aug 21, 1899
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 1913 12.9°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.50 in — Sep 1, 1904
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 1922 -11.9°F — Oct 29, 1925 2.26 in — Oct 9, 1982
November 77.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -44.0°F — Nov 21, 1898 1.40 in — Nov 13, 1922
December 68.0°F — Dec 8, 1939 -40.0°F — Dec 23, 1983 1.18 in — Dec 25, 2016

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