All-time weather records — Virgil, SD

Record high
111.9°F
July 10, 1966
Record low
-43.1°F
January 8, 1887
Wettest day
5.31 in
June 18, 1967

Climate change signal in Virgil

8.7%

of Virgil's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1880s
5
45
1890s
23
60
1900s
22
24
1910s
15
26
1920s
19
13
1930s
79
9
1940s
17
18
1950s
20
29
1960s
22
43
1970s
19
32
1980s
32
17
1990s
23
17
2000s
27
12
2010s
19
17
2020s
24
4

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 1882, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1881-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 5, 2012 -43.1°F — Jan 8, 1887 1.58 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 71.1°F — Feb 25, 1958 -41.1°F — Feb 9, 1994 1.86 in — Feb 17, 1962
March 89.1°F — Mar 30, 1943 -25.1°F — Mar 14, 1897 2.82 in — Mar 3, 1985
April 97.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -2.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.28 in — Apr 12, 1970
May 106.0°F — May 30, 1934 16.2°F — May 3, 2013 3.39 in — May 19, 1990
June 109.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 30.9°F — Jun 5, 1894 5.31 in — Jun 18, 1967
July 111.9°F — Jul 10, 1966 37.0°F — Jul 30, 1971 4.25 in — Jul 25, 1986
August 109.9°F — Aug 4, 1934 33.1°F — Aug 31, 1886 4.11 in — Aug 2, 1956
September 106.0°F — Sep 6, 1970 18.0°F — Sep 27, 1893 2.46 in — Sep 23, 2017
October 102.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 -6.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 2.95 in — Oct 10, 1961
November 86.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -27.9°F — Nov 28, 1887 2.37 in — Nov 28, 2005
December 71.1°F — Dec 6, 1939 -34.1°F — Dec 25, 1884 1.34 in — Dec 30, 1931

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