All-time weather records — Stanton, IA

Record high
109.0°F
July 21, 1974
Record low
-27.9°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
7.60 in
August 25, 1987

Climate change signal in Stanton

13.7%

of Stanton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (50 of 366 records since 2015).

6.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (25 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
9
13
1900s
7
14
1920s
·
·
1930s
27
8
1940s
24
68
1950s
52
30
1960s
24
43
1970s
38
58
1980s
54
54
1990s
29
29
2000s
36
16
2010s
40
20
2020s
26
13

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 31, 1989 -27.0°F — Jan 12, 1974 1.30 in — Jan 9, 2026
February 80.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -27.9°F — Feb 3, 1996 2.33 in — Feb 21, 1976
March 93.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -22.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.43 in — Mar 30, 2012
April 93.9°F — Apr 26, 1989 1.9°F — Apr 3, 1975 5.65 in — Apr 15, 2012
May 100.9°F — May 27, 2018 26.1°F — May 3, 1976 6.50 in — May 26, 1987
June 104.0°F — Jun 15, 1946 34.0°F — Jun 3, 1946 5.95 in — Jun 10, 1967
July 109.0°F — Jul 21, 1974 39.0°F — Jul 30, 1971 6.02 in — Jul 18, 1902
August 106.0°F — Aug 15, 1988 28.9°F — Aug 15, 1996 7.60 in — Aug 25, 1987
September 102.9°F — Sep 7, 1939 23.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 5.45 in — Sep 8, 1989
October 95.0°F — Oct 6, 2024 12.9°F — Oct 19, 1972 4.94 in — Oct 15, 2007
November 82.0°F — Nov 14, 1999 -14.1°F — Nov 30, 1964 3.69 in — Nov 4, 2003
December 73.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.33 in — Dec 14, 2015

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