All-time weather records — Wessington Springs, SD

Record high
111.0°F
July 16, 2006
Record low
-38.9°F
February 9, 1899
Wettest day
7.36 in
July 30, 2010

Climate change signal in Wessington Springs

11.5%

of Wessington Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (42 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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
34
95
1900s
20
51
1910s
15
22
1950s
1
·
1960s
44
49
1970s
32
28
1980s
51
24
1990s
58
31
2000s
46
11
2010s
32
32
2020s
33
23

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 66.9°F — Jan 6, 2012 -36.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.68 in — Jan 30, 2001
February 71.1°F — Feb 17, 1913 -38.9°F — Feb 9, 1899 1.37 in — Feb 23, 1977
March 86.0°F — Mar 19, 2012 -20.0°F — Mar 3, 2019 3.00 in — Mar 31, 1897
April 99.0°F — Apr 5, 1954 1.0°F — Apr 1, 1899 3.14 in — Apr 7, 2001
May 100.9°F — May 14, 1894 17.1°F — May 1, 1909 3.25 in — May 9, 1986
June 109.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 27.0°F — Jun 7, 1901 5.37 in — Jun 6, 1896
July 111.0°F — Jul 16, 2006 37.0°F — Jul 2, 1907 7.36 in — Jul 30, 2010
August 109.0°F — Aug 13, 1965 23.0°F — Aug 27, 1900 4.80 in — Aug 6, 2023
September 105.1°F — Sep 6, 1970 18.0°F — Sep 29, 1899 4.65 in — Sep 24, 2015
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 5.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 3.90 in — Oct 13, 2023
November 84.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -23.1°F — Nov 28, 1897 2.20 in — Nov 1, 1992
December 68.0°F — Dec 3, 1998 -27.0°F — Dec 14, 1901 1.50 in — Dec 13, 2022

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