All-time weather records — Webster, SD

Record high
108.0°F
July 11, 1894
Record low
-43.1°F
February 1, 1895
Wettest day
4.44 in
July 24, 1993

Climate change signal in Webster

12%

of Webster's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 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 #
1890s
73
130
1950s
32
36
1960s
44
53
1970s
34
69
1980s
61
26
1990s
34
26
2000s
29
8
2010s
29
10
2020s
30
8

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 64.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -36.0°F — Jan 15, 1972 2.15 in — Jan 5, 1897
February 64.0°F — Feb 25, 1958 -43.1°F — Feb 1, 1895 2.78 in — Mar 1, 1896
March 81.0°F — Mar 18, 2012 -32.1°F — Mar 13, 1896 2.00 in — Mar 24, 1893
April 96.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -6.0°F — Apr 4, 1975 2.46 in — Apr 13, 1960
May 97.0°F — May 15, 1894 18.0°F — May 2, 1967 3.70 in — May 5, 2007
June 105.1°F — Jun 24, 1988 23.0°F — Jun 6, 1897 3.50 in — Jun 29, 1971
July 108.0°F — Jul 11, 1894 36.0°F — Jul 10, 1895 4.44 in — Jul 24, 1993
August 104.0°F — Aug 4, 1959 26.1°F — Aug 31, 1895 4.40 in — Aug 18, 2009
September 104.0°F — Sep 10, 1895 17.1°F — Sep 30, 1895 4.06 in — Sep 20, 2007
October 91.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 -0.9°F — Oct 29, 1895 2.52 in — Oct 10, 1961
November 80.1°F — Nov 6, 1893 -29.0°F — Nov 30, 1896 1.85 in — Nov 18, 1895
December 63.0°F — Dec 7, 1894 -34.1°F — Dec 31, 1967 3.25 in — Dec 28, 2000

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