All-time weather records — Kimball, SD

Record high
116.1°F
August 4, 1934
Record low
-32.1°F
January 19, 1970
Wettest day
4.98 in
June 21, 2024

Climate change signal in Kimball

6.8%

of Kimball's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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 #
1900s
·
·
1910s
·
·
1920s
26
41
1930s
114
43
1940s
40
43
1950s
31
47
1960s
25
50
1970s
13
40
1980s
28
36
1990s
29
24
2000s
24
12
2010s
19
16
2020s
17
14

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 1920, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1909-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 31, 1927 -32.1°F — Jan 19, 1970 1.96 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 73.0°F — Feb 21, 2000 -32.1°F — Feb 9, 1994 3.00 in — Feb 3, 2003
March 93.0°F — Mar 30, 1943 -24.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.45 in — Mar 17, 1987
April 98.1°F — Apr 30, 1934 -2.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 4.00 in — Apr 6, 1997
May 109.0°F — May 30, 1934 16.0°F — May 8, 1980 3.46 in — May 31, 1954
June 111.0°F — Jun 25, 1936 32.0°F — Jun 3, 1998 4.98 in — Jun 21, 2024
July 115.0°F — Jul 21, 1934 36.0°F — Jul 20, 1947 3.31 in — Jul 6, 1933
August 116.1°F — Aug 4, 1934 36.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.66 in — Aug 27, 1961
September 106.0°F — Sep 2, 1929 0.0°F — Sep 25, 2002 4.10 in — Sep 19, 1996
October 100.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 -5.1°F — Oct 29, 1925 4.03 in — Oct 5, 1946
November 82.9°F — Nov 7, 2020 -18.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 3.20 in — Nov 15, 1909
December 72.0°F — Dec 1, 1998 -32.1°F — Dec 23, 1983 1.70 in — Dec 26, 2023

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