All-time weather records — Wasta, SD

Record high
111.0°F
June 30, 2002
Record low
-38.0°F
February 1, 1996
Wettest day
3.83 in
May 8, 1927

Climate change signal in Wasta

20.8%

of Wasta's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (76 of 366 records since 2015).

10.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (38 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 #
1920s
·
·
1940s
5
2
1950s
57
75
1960s
57
57
1970s
24
42
1980s
45
55
1990s
48
55
2000s
32
24
2010s
53
29
2020s
45
27

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 1949, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1925-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 28, 2015 -33.0°F — Jan 19, 1963 1.10 in — Jan 4, 1997
February 77.0°F — Feb 18, 1983 -38.0°F — Feb 1, 1996 0.95 in — Feb 26, 2000
March 86.0°F — Mar 16, 2015 -29.0°F — Mar 11, 1998 2.61 in — Mar 14, 1973
April 97.0°F — Apr 30, 1992 5.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 3.00 in — Apr 19, 2000
May 102.0°F — May 27, 1969 15.1°F — May 1, 1950 3.83 in — May 8, 1927
June 111.0°F — Jun 30, 2002 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1969 2.63 in — Jun 15, 1963
July 111.0°F — Jul 12, 1954 37.9°F — Jul 1, 1959 2.15 in — Jul 17, 1974
August 109.0°F — Aug 6, 1961 35.1°F — Aug 30, 1992 2.23 in — Aug 14, 1926
September 107.1°F — Sep 5, 2001 19.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 1.84 in — Sep 13, 1966
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 1963 -9.9°F — Oct 26, 2020 3.37 in — Oct 6, 2013
November 86.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -25.1°F — Nov 14, 1959 1.65 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 72.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -33.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 0.90 in — Dec 22, 1996

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