All-time weather records — Murdo, SD

Record high
116.1°F
July 5, 1936
Record low
-35.0°F
January 12, 1916
Wettest day
4.34 in
May 27, 2019

Climate change signal in Murdo

6.8%

of Murdo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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 #
1900s
2
12
1910s
22
73
1920s
12
39
1930s
92
28
1940s
33
26
1950s
33
49
1960s
29
36
1970s
26
20
1980s
27
31
1990s
26
26
2000s
24
7
2010s
27
13
2020s
13
6

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 1907, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1907-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 16, 1974 -35.0°F — Jan 12, 1916 1.75 in — Jan 9, 1939
February 75.9°F — Feb 28, 2016 -33.0°F — Feb 2, 1917 1.35 in — Feb 17, 1991
March 90.0°F — Mar 22, 1910 -20.9°F — Mar 4, 1960 2.40 in — Mar 14, 1913
April 102.0°F — Apr 25, 1962 -2.9°F — Apr 7, 1936 3.00 in — Apr 14, 1912
May 107.1°F — May 28, 1934 5.0°F — May 10, 1987 4.34 in — May 27, 2019
June 108.0°F — Jun 15, 1936 32.0°F — Jun 3, 1998 4.00 in — Jun 1, 1941
July 116.1°F — Jul 5, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 3, 1915 3.15 in — Jul 8, 2013
August 115.0°F — Aug 8, 1947 36.0°F — Aug 28, 1911 2.81 in — Aug 30, 1999
September 108.0°F — Sep 9, 1931 17.1°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.60 in — Sep 20, 1989
October 102.9°F — Oct 19, 1947 0.0°F — Oct 29, 1991 3.50 in — Oct 10, 1949
November 88.0°F — Nov 10, 1912 -20.9°F — Nov 14, 1959 1.68 in — Nov 2, 1956
December 75.0°F — Dec 3, 1941 -29.0°F — Dec 20, 1916 1.07 in — Dec 26, 2016

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