All-time weather records — Truesdale, IA

Record high
109.0°F
July 4, 1936
Record low
-34.1°F
February 2, 1905
Wettest day
6.65 in
August 31, 1962

Climate change signal in Truesdale

9%

of Truesdale's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (33 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
3
12
1900s
15
43
1910s
21
32
1920s
24
25
1930s
95
32
1940s
13
22
1950s
25
31
1960s
22
55
1970s
16
48
1980s
33
23
1990s
18
23
2000s
27
7
2010s
30
8
2020s
24
5

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 25, 1981 -31.0°F — Jan 5, 1924 1.02 in — Jan 25, 1982
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -34.1°F — Feb 2, 1905 5.00 in — Feb 15, 2003
March 84.9°F — Mar 25, 1967 -24.0°F — Mar 2, 1962 2.50 in — Mar 28, 2004
April 93.0°F — Apr 23, 1980 1.9°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.38 in — Apr 21, 1999
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1934 19.9°F — May 2, 1967 5.60 in — May 27, 2013
June 105.1°F — Jun 10, 1933 26.1°F — Jun 9, 1994 5.68 in — Jun 25, 2005
July 109.0°F — Jul 4, 1936 23.0°F — Jul 3, 2000 6.25 in — Jul 22, 2010
August 109.0°F — Aug 3, 1930 36.0°F — Aug 13, 1964 6.65 in — Aug 31, 1962
September 100.9°F — Sep 5, 1913 21.9°F — Sep 29, 1899 6.26 in — Sep 13, 1978
October 91.0°F — Oct 3, 1997 1.9°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.75 in — Oct 13, 2023
November 78.1°F — Nov 1, 1968 -11.0°F — Nov 21, 1937 3.00 in — Nov 30, 2000
December 66.0°F — Dec 1, 1998 -29.0°F — Dec 29, 1917 1.45 in — Dec 30, 1931

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