All-time weather records — Oelrichs, SD

Record high
114.1°F
July 6, 1973
Record low
-41.1°F
February 10, 1899
Wettest day
4.88 in
September 26, 1915

Climate change signal in Oelrichs

6.6%

of Oelrichs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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
38
36
1900s
15
33
1910s
17
50
1920s
18
39
1930s
70
21
1940s
22
23
1950s
40
26
1960s
26
31
1970s
19
18
1980s
20
27
1990s
23
23
2000s
25
11
2010s
19
12
2020s
14
16

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 30, 1989 -36.0°F — Jan 11, 1909 1.25 in — Jan 22, 1912
February 78.1°F — Feb 27, 1896 -41.1°F — Feb 10, 1899 1.60 in — Feb 13, 1915
March 84.9°F — Mar 31, 1946 -24.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 3.00 in — Mar 18, 2003
April 98.1°F — Apr 26, 1898 -7.1°F — Apr 3, 1936 2.75 in — Apr 21, 1912
May 102.9°F — May 29, 1934 9.0°F — May 3, 2019 4.36 in — May 23, 1971
June 109.9°F — Jun 11, 1893 12.9°F — Jun 1, 1927 4.50 in — Jun 7, 1925
July 114.1°F — Jul 6, 1973 34.0°F — Jul 5, 1915 3.40 in — Jul 6, 1922
August 109.9°F — Aug 14, 1937 26.1°F — Aug 28, 1899 4.10 in — Aug 22, 1974
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1899 9.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 4.88 in — Sep 26, 1915
October 96.1°F — Oct 7, 1897 -11.0°F — Oct 30, 1991 3.50 in — Oct 7, 1901
November 87.1°F — Nov 14, 1894 -22.0°F — Nov 13, 1916 3.50 in — Nov 5, 1922
December 73.9°F — Dec 3, 1941 -36.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.70 in — Dec 10, 1918

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