All-time weather records — Meriden, IA

Record high
109.0°F
August 3, 1930
Record low
-81.0°F
January 8, 1986
Wettest day
6.25 in
June 7, 1953

Climate change signal in Meriden

11.7%

of Meriden's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (43 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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 #
1920s
21
48
1930s
79
23
1940s
29
32
1950s
33
41
1960s
21
48
1970s
25
66
1980s
41
30
1990s
21
27
2000s
37
19
2010s
25
17
2020s
34
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 1921, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1921-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 25, 1981 -81.0°F — Jan 8, 1986 0.90 in — Jan 19, 1952
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -34.1°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.15 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 90.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -23.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 2.04 in — Mar 25, 2024
April 93.9°F — Apr 23, 1980 -8.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.10 in — Apr 28, 1986
May 106.0°F — May 30, 1934 21.0°F — May 2, 1961 5.64 in — May 27, 2013
June 102.9°F — Jun 10, 1933 34.0°F — Jun 3, 1945 6.25 in — Jun 7, 1953
July 108.0°F — Jul 4, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 5, 1972 3.56 in — Jul 22, 2010
August 109.0°F — Aug 3, 1930 34.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 4.61 in — Aug 22, 1988
September 100.9°F — Sep 7, 1976 19.0°F — Sep 28, 1942 4.97 in — Sep 1, 1926
October 93.9°F — Oct 5, 1963 -5.1°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.37 in — Oct 13, 2023
November 80.1°F — Nov 3, 1953 -17.0°F — Nov 7, 1991 2.33 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 68.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -27.0°F — Dec 28, 1924 1.42 in — Dec 16, 1984

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