All-time weather records — Pleasantville, IA

Record high
114.1°F
August 8, 1934
Record low
-90.0°F
January 7, 1982
Wettest day
6.50 in
February 6, 2008

Climate change signal in Pleasantville

4.1%

of Pleasantville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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
14
28
1900s
13
27
1910s
28
50
1920s
28
51
1930s
97
36
1940s
39
28
1950s
17
27
1960s
17
32
1970s
11
28
1980s
38
23
1990s
21
13
2000s
16
9
2010s
23
10
2020s
4
4

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 2022. Period of observation: 1893-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 31, 1989 -90.0°F — Jan 7, 1982 4.00 in — Jan 17, 2008
February 78.1°F — Feb 24, 1930 -29.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 6.50 in — Feb 6, 2008
March 89.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -18.9°F — Mar 5, 1960 1.85 in — Mar 16, 1919
April 91.9°F — Apr 10, 1930 9.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 4.18 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 106.0°F — May 30, 1934 25.0°F — May 4, 1907 3.93 in — May 7, 2007
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 1934 35.1°F — Jun 3, 1946 5.46 in — Jun 10, 2011
July 113.0°F — Jul 19, 1934 45.0°F — Jul 30, 1971 4.40 in — Jul 29, 2015
August 114.1°F — Aug 8, 1934 39.9°F — Aug 25, 1934 3.83 in — Aug 15, 1908
September 104.0°F — Sep 7, 1939 23.0°F — Sep 18, 1912 5.60 in — Sep 14, 1914
October 97.0°F — Oct 4, 1938 1.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 4.25 in — Oct 9, 2018
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1938 -5.1°F — Nov 7, 1991 6.08 in — Nov 17, 1952
December 73.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 28, 1924 4.30 in — Dec 6, 2007

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