All-time weather records — Nisland, SD

Record high
109.9°F
July 6, 1936
Record low
-38.0°F
January 22, 1927
Wettest day
5.00 in
March 27, 2002

Climate change signal in Nisland

11.2%

of Nisland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (41 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1920s
18
45
1930s
62
40
1940s
28
44
1950s
33
47
1960s
29
47
1970s
21
31
1980s
42
45
1990s
41
29
2000s
33
15
2010s
33
10
2020s
26
13

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 1921, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1920-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 27, 2015 -38.0°F — Jan 22, 1927 0.90 in — Jan 1, 1976
February 75.0°F — Feb 22, 1982 -36.0°F — Feb 14, 1936 2.00 in — Feb 28, 2001
March 82.9°F — Mar 13, 2007 -26.0°F — Mar 4, 1960 5.00 in — Mar 27, 2002
April 91.9°F — Apr 22, 1980 -11.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.04 in — Apr 14, 1941
May 100.0°F — May 28, 1934 5.0°F — May 15, 1987 3.92 in — May 22, 1933
June 109.0°F — Jun 30, 2002 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1951 2.72 in — Jun 20, 2018
July 109.9°F — Jul 6, 1936 36.0°F — Jul 1, 1959 3.24 in — Jul 13, 1937
August 108.0°F — Aug 8, 1975 23.0°F — Aug 30, 1982 2.20 in — Aug 23, 1973
September 106.0°F — Sep 1, 1954 9.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 3.14 in — Sep 25, 1986
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 -9.9°F — Oct 31, 1991 2.68 in — Oct 13, 2021
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 1999 -24.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 2.10 in — Nov 6, 2008
December 73.9°F — Dec 5, 1939 -38.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.00 in — Dec 23, 2004

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