All-time weather records — New Witten, SD

Record high
115.0°F
July 25, 2003
Record low
-26.9°F
January 1, 2018
Wettest day
4.80 in
June 8, 2004

Climate change signal in New Witten

41.5%

of New Witten's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (152 of 366 records since 2015).

31.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (115 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 #
1990s
24
27
2000s
124
155
2010s
120
121
2020s
98
63

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 1998, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1997-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 8, 2002 -26.9°F — Jan 1, 2018 0.85 in — Jan 21, 2018
February 80.1°F — Feb 28, 2006 -20.7°F — Feb 14, 2021 0.65 in — Mar 1, 2004
March 90.0°F — Mar 18, 2012 -20.9°F — Mar 11, 1998 1.66 in — Mar 27, 2004
April 93.9°F — Apr 1, 2012 7.2°F — Apr 15, 2018 2.84 in — Apr 16, 2024
May 100.0°F — May 5, 2004 24.3°F — May 3, 2013 2.05 in — May 17, 2019
June 109.0°F — Jun 29, 2022 34.0°F — Jun 3, 1998 4.80 in — Jun 8, 2004
July 115.0°F — Jul 25, 2003 -0.8°F — Jul 13, 2010 2.93 in — Jul 24, 2020
August 111.9°F — Aug 29, 2012 -0.8°F — Aug 11, 2009 3.43 in — Aug 12, 2017
September 107.1°F — Sep 2, 2023 30.9°F — Sep 24, 2000 2.41 in — Sep 17, 2025
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 2011 8.2°F — Oct 26, 2020 1.47 in — Oct 4, 2013
November 84.9°F — Nov 7, 1999 -3.8°F — Nov 16, 2014 0.63 in — Nov 9, 1998
December 73.9°F — Dec 1, 1998 -21.8°F — Dec 31, 2017 1.28 in — Dec 13, 2022

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