All-time weather records — Wallace, ID

Record high
106.0°F
August 23, 1969
Record low
-31.0°F
December 30, 1968
Wettest day
9.20 in
November 23, 2006

Climate change signal in Wallace

12.3%

of Wallace's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (45 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 #
1940s
54
54
1950s
34
89
1960s
74
78
1970s
37
56
1980s
57
37
1990s
41
21
2000s
16
16
2010s
30
9
2020s
23
6

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 1941, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1941-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 23, 1981 -27.0°F — Jan 29, 1950 7.10 in — Jan 5, 2007
February 66.9°F — Mar 1, 1968 -20.9°F — Feb 1, 1950 5.20 in — Feb 28, 2007
March 77.0°F — Mar 30, 1978 -16.1°F — Mar 5, 1955 1.68 in — Mar 14, 2015
April 91.0°F — Apr 21, 2016 15.1°F — Apr 2, 1945 2.36 in — Apr 24, 1996
May 96.1°F — May 29, 2009 18.0°F — May 1, 1954 6.50 in — May 25, 2006
June 102.9°F — Jun 28, 2015 28.0°F — Jun 1, 1951 7.10 in — Jun 16, 2006
July 102.0°F — Jul 10, 1985 33.1°F — Jul 7, 1971 1.24 in — Jul 8, 1946
August 106.0°F — Aug 23, 1969 30.0°F — Aug 26, 1954 4.10 in — Aug 10, 2006
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 1967 23.0°F — Sep 13, 1970 1.90 in — Sep 19, 2017
October 99.0°F — Oct 12, 2017 7.0°F — Oct 31, 2002 2.45 in — Oct 21, 2017
November 70.0°F — Nov 2, 1965 -14.1°F — Nov 16, 1955 9.20 in — Nov 23, 2006
December 55.9°F — Dec 4, 1979 -31.0°F — Dec 30, 1968 2.45 in — Dec 23, 1964

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