All-time weather records — Lake Park, IA

Record high
107.1°F
May 30, 1934
Record low
-38.0°F
January 11, 1918
Wettest day
6.40 in
September 15, 2004

Climate change signal in Lake Park

19.7%

of Lake Park's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (72 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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 #
1910s
18
59
1920s
7
16
1930s
62
58
1940s
27
43
1950s
27
35
1960s
13
39
1970s
15
41
1980s
22
17
1990s
14
17
2000s
44
6
2010s
70
20
2020s
47
15

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 1912, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1912-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 25, 1981 -38.0°F — Jan 11, 1918 1.97 in — Jan 11, 1975
February 66.9°F — Feb 27, 2024 -33.0°F — Feb 2, 1917 1.60 in — Feb 1, 1915
March 87.1°F — Mar 19, 2012 -24.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.30 in — Mar 24, 1937
April 96.1°F — Apr 30, 2007 1.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 2.47 in — Apr 13, 1991
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1934 16.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.50 in — May 19, 1917
June 106.0°F — Jun 7, 2011 33.1°F — Jun 8, 2016 6.00 in — Jun 7, 1953
July 107.1°F — Jul 17, 1936 42.1°F — Jul 4, 1915 4.36 in — Jul 4, 1962
August 105.1°F — Aug 1, 2006 36.0°F — Aug 30, 1915 5.27 in — Aug 18, 2007
September 102.9°F — Sep 21, 2022 21.9°F — Sep 22, 1913 6.40 in — Sep 15, 2004
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 2006 6.1°F — Oct 30, 1917 2.90 in — Oct 10, 1914
November 80.1°F — Nov 4, 2008 -11.0°F — Nov 12, 1986 2.13 in — Nov 9, 1977
December 68.0°F — Dec 9, 1939 -29.0°F — Dec 29, 1917 1.90 in — Dec 30, 1968

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