All-time weather records — Waukon, IA

Record high
106.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-34.1°F
February 2, 1996
Wettest day
10.00 in
January 27, 1996

Climate change signal in Waukon

7.7%

of Waukon's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

0.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (1 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 #
1930s
79
30
1940s
54
77
1950s
26
50
1960s
24
51
1970s
17
46
1980s
38
38
1990s
29
34
2000s
39
39
2010s
32
·
2020s
28
1

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 1934, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1934-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 31, 2025 -31.0°F — Jan 22, 1936 10.00 in — Jan 27, 1996
February 68.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -34.1°F — Feb 2, 1996 2.10 in — Feb 20, 2005
March 82.0°F — Mar 29, 1986 -20.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.66 in — Mar 26, 1950
April 91.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 1.9°F — Apr 8, 1989 4.17 in — Apr 4, 1981
May 91.9°F — May 30, 2006 24.1°F — May 3, 1967 5.98 in — May 30, 1941
June 96.1°F — Jun 21, 1988 32.0°F — Jun 4, 1945 4.36 in — Jun 8, 2008
July 106.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 11, 2004 4.46 in — Jul 16, 1950
August 100.0°F — Aug 16, 1937 37.9°F — Aug 20, 1950 4.72 in — Aug 6, 1951
September 99.0°F — Sep 7, 1939 25.0°F — Sep 25, 1942 3.76 in — Sep 5, 1985
October 91.0°F — Oct 3, 1997 15.1°F — Oct 29, 1988 2.20 in — Oct 23, 2020
November 75.0°F — Nov 9, 1949 -13.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 3.45 in — Nov 1, 1991
December 63.0°F — Dec 3, 1970 -27.0°F — Dec 24, 1983 1.80 in — Dec 2, 2007

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