All-time weather records — Volga, SD

Record high
109.0°F
July 24, 1940
Record low
-50.1°F
July 24, 1933
Wettest day
6.83 in
July 19, 2018

Climate change signal in Volga

9%

of Volga'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
17
61
1900s
25
58
1910s
22
40
1920s
23
27
1930s
96
19
1940s
29
13
1950s
30
24
1960s
12
38
1970s
9
32
1980s
23
18
1990s
17
15
2000s
21
8
2010s
14
12
2020s
28
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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 64.9°F — Jan 25, 1981 -41.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.20 in — Jan 3, 1897
February 69.1°F — Feb 23, 1958 -41.1°F — Feb 9, 1899 1.00 in — Feb 26, 1905
March 84.9°F — Mar 30, 1943 -23.1°F — Mar 2, 1913 1.95 in — Mar 14, 2019
April 93.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -2.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.45 in — Apr 23, 2001
May 106.0°F — May 30, 1934 7.0°F — May 11, 1914 4.24 in — May 3, 1912
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 1933 28.0°F — Jun 9, 1915 5.54 in — Jun 25, 1980
July 109.0°F — Jul 24, 1940 -50.1°F — Jul 24, 1933 6.83 in — Jul 19, 2018
August 106.0°F — Aug 15, 1937 28.0°F — Aug 28, 1893 4.13 in — Aug 1, 2024
September 102.0°F — Sep 10, 1931 12.0°F — Sep 29, 1899 4.11 in — Sep 17, 1986
October 93.0°F — Oct 11, 1910 -9.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 2.20 in — Oct 19, 1984
November 79.0°F — Nov 7, 2020 -22.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 1.87 in — Nov 21, 1975
December 68.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -36.0°F — Dec 29, 1917 0.97 in — Dec 5, 1960

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