All-time weather records — Pollock, SD

Record high
118.0°F
July 20, 1934
Record low
-51.0°F
February 16, 1936
Wettest day
5.10 in
June 30, 1909

Climate change signal in Pollock

7.7%

of Pollock's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1900s
3
8
1910s
42
85
1920s
39
70
1930s
84
46
1940s
23
40
1950s
31
39
1960s
22
16
1970s
21
10
1980s
16
12
1990s
24
16
2000s
22
9
2010s
20
10
2020s
19
5

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 1908, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1908-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 8, 1958 -50.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 0.98 in — Jan 4, 1997
February 71.1°F — Feb 25, 1958 -51.0°F — Feb 16, 1936 1.03 in — Feb 9, 2009
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 1910 -33.0°F — Mar 5, 1919 1.59 in — Mar 14, 1973
April 98.1°F — Apr 19, 1910 -6.0°F — Apr 4, 2018 2.90 in — Apr 28, 1989
May 108.0°F — May 28, 1934 5.0°F — May 1, 1909 2.32 in — May 13, 1958
June 109.0°F — Jun 29, 1931 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1917 5.10 in — Jun 30, 1909
July 118.0°F — Jul 20, 1934 30.0°F — Jul 2, 1945 3.30 in — Jul 14, 1981
August 109.9°F — Aug 5, 1941 28.0°F — Aug 28, 1935 3.60 in — Aug 2, 1998
September 107.1°F — Sep 9, 1931 12.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.95 in — Sep 7, 1970
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 1997 -17.0°F — Oct 28, 1919 2.69 in — Oct 16, 1980
November 79.0°F — Nov 4, 1975 -27.0°F — Nov 28, 1985 1.40 in — Nov 14, 1928
December 68.0°F — Dec 1, 2021 -45.0°F — Dec 13, 1917 2.00 in — Dec 1, 1909

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