All-time weather records — Lake City, SD

Record high
102.9°F
July 15, 2006
Record low
-40.0°F
January 16, 2009
Wettest day
5.40 in
July 4, 2019

Climate change signal in Lake City

34.4%

of Lake City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (126 of 366 records since 2015).

27.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (100 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 #
1990s
12
3
2000s
183
212
2010s
108
95
2020s
63
56

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 1999, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1999-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 53.1°F — Jan 6, 2012 -40.0°F — Jan 16, 2009 0.82 in — Jan 1, 2011
February 59.0°F — Feb 23, 2000 -31.0°F — Feb 21, 2008 0.94 in — Feb 21, 2011
March 72.0°F — Mar 16, 2015 -23.1°F — Mar 2, 2003 1.17 in — Mar 23, 2011
April 82.9°F — Apr 14, 2003 -0.9°F — Apr 4, 2018 2.00 in — Apr 16, 2012
May 91.0°F — May 25, 2018 23.0°F — May 2, 2002 2.00 in — May 5, 2007
June 95.0°F — Jun 20, 2022 37.9°F — Jun 6, 2009 3.02 in — Jun 30, 2005
July 102.9°F — Jul 15, 2006 43.0°F — Jul 1, 2001 5.40 in — Jul 4, 2019
August 93.9°F — Aug 24, 2003 41.0°F — Aug 30, 2009 3.05 in — Aug 2, 2019
September 93.0°F — Sep 4, 2023 25.0°F — Sep 30, 2003 2.69 in — Sep 2, 2008
October 89.1°F — Oct 2, 2023 10.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 1.92 in — Oct 15, 2013
November 71.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -20.0°F — Nov 27, 2014 0.91 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 55.9°F — Dec 10, 2006 -26.0°F — Dec 31, 2008 1.00 in — Dec 7, 2000

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