All-time weather records — Mitchell, SD

Record high
108.0°F
July 23, 2005
Record low
-24.0°F
January 30, 2019
Wettest day
5.58 in
June 20, 2024

Climate change signal in Mitchell

43.7%

of Mitchell's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (160 of 366 records since 2015).

37.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (136 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 #
2000s
100
125
2010s
155
156
2020s
111
85

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 2003, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2003-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 5, 2012 -24.0°F — Jan 30, 2019 1.11 in — Jan 3, 2023
February 71.1°F — Feb 21, 2017 -20.9°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.70 in — Feb 28, 2012
March 88.0°F — Mar 18, 2012 -18.0°F — Mar 3, 2019 2.16 in — Mar 13, 2019
April 93.9°F — Apr 1, 2012 12.9°F — Apr 7, 2007 2.97 in — Apr 27, 2016
May 98.1°F — May 5, 2004 25.0°F — May 3, 2005 3.14 in — May 16, 2004
June 104.0°F — Jun 21, 2025 42.1°F — Jun 2, 2013 5.58 in — Jun 20, 2024
July 108.0°F — Jul 23, 2005 46.9°F — Jul 27, 2013 3.69 in — Jul 21, 2010
August 106.0°F — Aug 2, 2022 45.0°F — Aug 19, 2004 2.25 in — Aug 13, 2006
September 104.0°F — Sep 2, 2023 33.1°F — Sep 20, 2006 4.34 in — Sep 11, 2019
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 2025 5.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.93 in — Oct 14, 2013
November 82.0°F — Nov 6, 2020 -5.1°F — Nov 16, 2014 1.12 in — Nov 16, 2015
December 64.9°F — Dec 6, 2023 -22.0°F — Dec 18, 2016 1.11 in — Dec 13, 2022

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