All-time weather records — Nichols, IA

Record high
111.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-34.1°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
9.51 in
June 7, 1967

Climate change signal in Nichols

15.3%

of Nichols's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

8.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (32 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 #
1930s
48
43
1940s
37
75
1950s
40
34
1960s
25
33
1970s
13
33
1980s
48
55
1990s
37
25
2000s
36
20
2010s
49
33
2020s
33
15

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 1936, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1935-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 31, 1989 -31.0°F — Jan 31, 2019 2.36 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 77.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -34.1°F — Feb 3, 1996 1.93 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 89.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -18.0°F — Mar 1, 2015 3.32 in — Mar 4, 1976
April 93.0°F — Apr 29, 1952 10.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 4.63 in — Apr 24, 1965
May 96.1°F — May 12, 2022 25.0°F — May 7, 2009 3.45 in — May 10, 1996
June 104.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 8.1°F — Jun 22, 1996 9.51 in — Jun 7, 1967
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 44.1°F — Jul 13, 1940 5.75 in — Jul 10, 1971
August 107.1°F — Aug 14, 1936 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1939 4.06 in — Aug 27, 2009
September 100.9°F — Sep 10, 2013 23.0°F — Sep 28, 1942 5.36 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1997 1.9°F — Oct 1, 1939 5.05 in — Oct 10, 1954
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -5.1°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.36 in — Nov 13, 1951
December 75.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -23.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.64 in — Dec 26, 1942

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