All-time weather records — McIntosh, SD

Record high
963.0°F
August 8, 1916
Record low
-58.0°F
February 17, 1936
Wettest day
3.74 in
June 5, 1937

Climate change signal in McIntosh

14.5%

of McIntosh's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (53 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
7
81
1920s
34
64
1930s
52
38
1940s
24
45
1950s
30
31
1960s
22
18
1970s
15
12
1980s
46
31
1990s
31
21
2000s
32
13
2010s
40
7
2020s
33
5

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 1916, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1915-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 23, 1981 -44.0°F — Jan 13, 1916 2.00 in — Jan 16, 1936
February 71.1°F — Mar 1, 1992 -58.0°F — Feb 17, 1936 1.02 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 82.9°F — Mar 16, 2012 -33.0°F — Mar 4, 1917 2.00 in — Mar 27, 1922
April 96.1°F — Apr 30, 1992 -6.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 2.07 in — Apr 28, 1989
May 105.1°F — May 28, 1934 14.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.03 in — May 29, 1953
June 111.0°F — Jun 29, 2002 23.0°F — Jun 1, 1917 3.74 in — Jun 5, 1937
July 114.1°F — Jul 6, 1936 32.0°F — Jul 5, 1915 2.59 in — Jul 23, 1973
August 963.0°F — Aug 8, 1916 28.0°F — Aug 29, 1935 2.83 in — Aug 4, 1992
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 1929 10.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.92 in — Sep 1, 1986
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 1997 -13.0°F — Oct 28, 1919 2.50 in — Oct 9, 1929
November 80.1°F — Nov 7, 1999 -18.9°F — Nov 28, 1985 1.19 in — Nov 5, 1922
December 71.1°F — Dec 1, 2021 -40.0°F — Dec 29, 1917 0.62 in — Dec 25, 2009

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