All-time weather records — Utica, SD

Record high
116.1°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-31.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
6.18 in
June 22, 1941

Climate change signal in Utica

10.1%

of Utica's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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 #
1930s
83
35
1940s
34
45
1950s
41
57
1960s
21
68
1970s
15
43
1980s
51
39
1990s
32
27
2000s
31
17
2010s
35
24
2020s
23
11

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 1932, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1932-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 25, 1981 -29.0°F — Jan 19, 1970 1.45 in — Jan 4, 1949
February 78.1°F — Feb 23, 1982 -27.8°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.80 in — Feb 25, 2007
March 93.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -25.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.74 in — Mar 13, 2019
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 1.9°F — Apr 4, 1975 2.41 in — Apr 10, 2013
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1934 24.1°F — May 6, 1944 3.72 in — May 23, 1972
June 109.9°F — Jun 22, 1988 33.1°F — Jun 3, 1969 6.18 in — Jun 22, 1941
July 116.1°F — Jul 18, 1936 31.1°F — Jul 2, 2024 3.70 in — Jul 10, 1971
August 111.9°F — Aug 4, 1934 35.1°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.73 in — Aug 18, 1937
September 105.1°F — Sep 18, 1940 23.0°F — Sep 27, 1984 3.45 in — Sep 23, 2010
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1997 11.1°F — Oct 26, 2020 2.73 in — Oct 23, 2008
November 82.9°F — Nov 9, 1999 -15.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 2.36 in — Nov 5, 1959
December 70.0°F — Dec 3, 1998 -31.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.25 in — Dec 21, 2006

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