All-time weather records — Sturgis, SD

Record high
109.0°F
July 28, 2006
Record low
-35.0°F
January 28, 1918
Wettest day
7.10 in
June 13, 1907

Climate change signal in Sturgis

8.5%

of Sturgis's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (31 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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
27
77
1910s
37
79
1940s
5
1
1950s
42
38
1960s
40
36
1970s
30
26
1980s
65
32
1990s
43
33
2000s
27
16
2010s
32
9
2020s
18
19

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 1902, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1902-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 12, 1987 -35.0°F — Jan 28, 1918 0.68 in — Jan 3, 1996
February 75.0°F — Feb 21, 1982 -31.0°F — Feb 2, 1905 2.00 in — Feb 17, 1904
March 87.1°F — Mar 19, 2026 -20.0°F — Mar 11, 1998 3.56 in — Mar 14, 1973
April 91.9°F — Apr 27, 1910 0.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 2.17 in — Apr 26, 1984
May 100.0°F — May 27, 1969 15.1°F — May 1, 1909 3.83 in — May 8, 1995
June 106.0°F — Jun 29, 2002 27.0°F — Jun 13, 1915 7.10 in — Jun 13, 1907
July 109.0°F — Jul 28, 2006 24.1°F — Jul 23, 1914 3.06 in — Jul 5, 2019
August 107.1°F — Aug 11, 1969 35.1°F — Aug 18, 1908 3.20 in — Aug 18, 1912
September 104.0°F — Sep 4, 1960 19.9°F — Sep 26, 1972 3.42 in — Sep 30, 2014
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 -5.1°F — Oct 26, 2020 3.21 in — Oct 9, 1982
November 82.9°F — Nov 7, 1999 -20.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 3.26 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 73.9°F — Dec 1, 1973 -29.9°F — Dec 20, 1916 0.80 in — Dec 5, 1906

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