All-time weather records — New Hampton, IA

Record high
109.9°F
July 13, 1936
Record low
-34.1°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
60.00 in
September 15, 1911

Climate change signal in New Hampton

9.8%

of New Hampton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 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 #
1890s
10
13
1900s
11
38
1910s
25
36
1920s
24
38
1930s
93
48
1940s
25
51
1950s
8
33
1960s
12
27
1970s
12
23
1980s
39
16
1990s
24
15
2000s
30
14
2010s
26
13
2020s
27
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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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 26, 2002 -34.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 30.00 in — Jan 20, 1916
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -33.0°F — Feb 9, 1899 1.50 in — Feb 13, 1915
March 84.0°F — Mar 29, 1986 -25.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.40 in — Mar 9, 1909
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1980 5.0°F — Apr 7, 1911 4.60 in — Apr 18, 1909
May 105.1°F — May 31, 1934 19.9°F — May 31, 1897 4.25 in — May 19, 2019
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1934 34.0°F — Jun 3, 1946 4.96 in — Jun 13, 1914
July 109.9°F — Jul 13, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 22, 1947 7.10 in — Jul 21, 1999
August 104.0°F — Aug 17, 1988 35.1°F — Aug 30, 1915 5.20 in — Aug 10, 1993
September 100.9°F — Sep 7, 1939 19.0°F — Sep 29, 1949 60.00 in — Sep 15, 1911
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 1997 0.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 4.20 in — Oct 9, 1970
November 78.1°F — Nov 1, 1933 -14.1°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.85 in — Nov 1, 1991
December 66.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -29.0°F — Dec 27, 1933 2.98 in — Dec 10, 1911

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