All-time weather records — Prairieburg, IA

Record high
102.9°F
July 26, 2012
Record low
-40.0°F
January 16, 2009
Wettest day
4.82 in
June 26, 2013

Climate change signal in Prairieburg

38.3%

of Prairieburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (140 of 366 records since 2015).

27.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (102 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 #
2000s
113
140
2010s
247
225
2020s
6
1

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 2005, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 2005-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 6, 2012 -40.0°F — Jan 16, 2009 0.97 in — Jan 24, 2010
February 73.0°F — Feb 23, 2017 -34.1°F — Feb 1, 2019 0.82 in — Feb 25, 2007
March 81.0°F — Mar 18, 2012 -25.1°F — Mar 1, 2015 1.22 in — Mar 28, 2014
April 88.0°F — Apr 30, 2007 12.0°F — Apr 8, 2018 3.05 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 96.1°F — May 28, 2018 19.0°F — May 3, 2005 3.14 in — May 30, 2008
June 95.0°F — Jun 24, 2009 41.0°F — Jun 3, 2013 4.82 in — Jun 26, 2013
July 102.9°F — Jul 26, 2012 46.9°F — Jul 16, 2014 3.08 in — Jul 24, 2010
August 97.0°F — Aug 1, 2006 41.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 3.89 in — Aug 12, 2016
September 98.1°F — Sep 10, 2013 26.1°F — Sep 24, 2012 2.70 in — Sep 23, 2016
October 89.1°F — Oct 4, 2006 19.0°F — Oct 29, 2017 3.65 in — Oct 2, 2019
November 75.0°F — Nov 3, 2015 0.0°F — Nov 12, 2019 1.29 in — Nov 12, 2012
December 66.0°F — Dec 4, 2012 -18.9°F — Dec 25, 2013 2.06 in — Dec 14, 2015

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