All-time weather records — New Virginia, IA

Record high
107.1°F
July 22, 1901
Record low
-35.0°F
February 11, 1895
Wettest day
9.43 in
May 31, 1982

Climate change signal in New Virginia

12.8%

of New Virginia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (47 of 366 records since 2015).

8.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (30 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
22
28
1900s
22
23
1930s
38
15
1940s
39
49
1950s
54
19
1960s
21
29
1970s
23
56
1980s
22
34
1990s
22
28
2000s
31
36
2010s
56
35
2020s
16
14

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 1894, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 6, 2019 -27.9°F — Jan 10, 1982 2.15 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 75.9°F — Feb 27, 2024 -35.0°F — Feb 11, 1895 1.39 in — Feb 25, 1951
March 87.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -20.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.65 in — Mar 31, 1897
April 90.0°F — Apr 25, 1989 7.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.50 in — Apr 15, 2012
May 100.0°F — May 28, 2018 24.1°F — May 4, 2005 9.43 in — May 31, 1982
June 102.0°F — Jun 25, 1954 37.0°F — Jun 5, 1998 4.83 in — Jun 8, 1981
July 107.1°F — Jul 22, 1901 42.1°F — Jul 30, 1971 6.01 in — Jul 4, 1981
August 105.1°F — Aug 4, 1954 37.9°F — Aug 20, 1950 7.68 in — Aug 27, 1903
September 102.9°F — Sep 21, 1937 23.0°F — Sep 28, 1942 8.80 in — Sep 15, 1992
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 1953 9.0°F — Oct 19, 1972 3.20 in — Oct 31, 1974
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1938 -7.1°F — Nov 8, 1991 6.20 in — Nov 17, 1952
December 73.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -27.0°F — Dec 24, 2013 1.90 in — Dec 30, 1972

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