All-time weather records — Varina, IA

Record high
111.0°F
August 3, 1930
Record low
-36.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
6.53 in
September 10, 1914

Climate change signal in Varina

9.8%

of Varina's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 of 366 records since 2015).

7.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (28 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
5
24
1910s
19
50
1920s
35
47
1930s
90
37
1940s
23
35
1950s
24
28
1960s
15
21
1970s
13
34
1980s
31
25
1990s
19
24
2000s
35
9
2010s
34
14
2020s
23
18

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 1905, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1904-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 27, 2002 -36.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.45 in — Jan 22, 1933
February 73.9°F — Feb 27, 2024 -29.9°F — Feb 2, 1917 1.55 in — Feb 27, 1948
March 90.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -25.1°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.25 in — Mar 24, 2018
April 98.1°F — Apr 23, 1980 1.9°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.72 in — Apr 9, 1922
May 107.1°F — May 31, 1934 21.9°F — May 1, 1909 4.00 in — May 23, 1946
June 106.0°F — Jun 10, 1933 32.0°F — Jun 3, 1945 5.08 in — Jun 10, 1954
July 109.9°F — Jul 4, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 1, 1918 3.90 in — Jul 7, 1952
August 111.0°F — Aug 3, 1930 35.1°F — Aug 30, 1915 6.30 in — Aug 31, 1962
September 100.9°F — Sep 7, 1931 21.0°F — Sep 28, 1942 6.53 in — Sep 10, 1914
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 1997 -2.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 4.02 in — Oct 7, 1914
November 81.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -13.0°F — Nov 11, 1986 2.26 in — Nov 30, 1991
December 68.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -29.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.86 in — Dec 14, 2015

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