All-time weather records — Martin, SD

Record high
113.0°F
July 15, 2006
Record low
-27.9°F
January 19, 1963
Wettest day
12.50 in
November 7, 1998

Climate change signal in Martin

1.6%

of Martin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (6 of 366 records since 2015).

0.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (1 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 #
1930s
21
15
1940s
49
65
1950s
58
54
1960s
56
74
1970s
45
33
1980s
6
1
1990s
26
36
2000s
67
61
2010s
38
27

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 1937, the latest in 2015. Period of observation: 1934-2015.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 26, 2002 -27.9°F — Jan 19, 1963 0.80 in — Jan 9, 1939
February 73.0°F — Feb 12, 1962 -26.0°F — Feb 9, 1994 0.92 in — Feb 9, 2009
March 84.0°F — Mar 29, 1943 -20.0°F — Mar 2, 2014 2.72 in — Mar 8, 2000
April 91.9°F — Apr 21, 1980 3.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 3.14 in — Apr 21, 2005
May 100.9°F — May 22, 2012 15.1°F — May 3, 1954 2.83 in — May 20, 1935
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 2012 28.9°F — Jun 14, 1969 3.90 in — Jun 6, 1968
July 113.0°F — Jul 15, 2006 39.9°F — Jul 1, 1959 4.10 in — Jul 18, 1967
August 109.0°F — Aug 29, 2012 37.0°F — Aug 11, 2004 2.82 in — Aug 11, 1998
September 102.9°F — Sep 2, 1960 18.0°F — Sep 26, 1942 2.18 in — Sep 20, 1955
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 1953 3.0°F — Oct 13, 1993 2.36 in — Oct 16, 1934
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 2008 -17.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 12.50 in — Nov 7, 1998
December 70.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -26.0°F — Dec 30, 1968 0.68 in — Dec 23, 2014

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