All-time weather records — Ravinia, SD

Record high
111.9°F
August 30, 2012
Record low
-27.9°F
January 29, 1966
Wettest day
4.32 in
June 12, 2010

Climate change signal in Ravinia

2.7%

of Ravinia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (10 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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 #
1940s
12
10
1950s
61
49
1960s
53
76
1970s
29
53
1980s
54
58
1990s
50
56
2000s
58
36
2010s
49
28

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 1948, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1948-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 6, 2012 -27.9°F — Jan 29, 1966 1.32 in — Jan 25, 2017
February 78.1°F — Feb 21, 1995 -25.1°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.26 in — Feb 19, 1971
March 89.1°F — Mar 30, 1978 -17.0°F — Mar 2, 2014 2.26 in — Mar 17, 1987
April 96.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 5.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.17 in — Apr 22, 1971
May 102.0°F — May 25, 1967 1.0°F — May 3, 1998 3.07 in — May 27, 1995
June 108.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 37.0°F — Jun 1, 1956 4.32 in — Jun 12, 2010
July 111.0°F — Jul 13, 1954 27.0°F — Jul 15, 1995 2.57 in — Jul 14, 1989
August 111.9°F — Aug 30, 2012 39.9°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.55 in — Aug 18, 1961
September 102.9°F — Sep 1, 1948 27.0°F — Sep 23, 1989 3.65 in — Sep 15, 1987
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 2011 12.9°F — Oct 30, 1991 2.08 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 84.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -13.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 1.97 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 73.0°F — Dec 3, 1998 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.66 in — Dec 21, 2006

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