All-time weather records — Rhodes, IA

Record high
104.0°F
August 18, 1988
Record low
-27.9°F
January 16, 1977
Wettest day
5.20 in
May 23, 2004

Climate change signal in Rhodes

0%

of Rhodes's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1960s
48
70
1970s
66
112
1980s
106
80
1990s
65
65
2000s
81
39

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 1964, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1964-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 27, 2002 -27.9°F — Jan 16, 1977 1.05 in — Jan 2, 1966
February 66.0°F — Feb 13, 1990 -27.9°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.85 in — Feb 25, 2007
March 89.1°F — Mar 30, 1986 -15.0°F — Mar 22, 1965 1.85 in — Mar 31, 2007
April 96.1°F — Apr 23, 1980 3.9°F — Apr 6, 1982 3.53 in — Apr 18, 1976
May 97.0°F — May 25, 1967 24.1°F — May 6, 1989 5.20 in — May 23, 2004
June 100.9°F — Jun 9, 1985 36.0°F — Jun 3, 1969 4.00 in — Jun 4, 1991
July 102.9°F — Jul 5, 1977 43.0°F — Jul 4, 1967 4.85 in — Jul 27, 1990
August 104.0°F — Aug 18, 1988 39.9°F — Aug 28, 1986 4.20 in — Aug 29, 1975
September 98.1°F — Sep 12, 2000 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1984 3.30 in — Sep 21, 1986
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 1997 10.9°F — Oct 19, 1972 3.35 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 80.1°F — Nov 9, 1999 -9.9°F — Nov 26, 1977 4.00 in — Nov 4, 2003
December 68.0°F — Dec 5, 1998 -23.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.30 in — Dec 28, 1982

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