All-time weather records — West Bend, IA

Record high
109.9°F
August 3, 1930
Record low
-36.0°F
February 9, 1899
Wettest day
7.17 in
August 31, 1962

Climate change signal in West Bend

10.1%

of West Bend's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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
12
28
1900s
10
44
1910s
25
43
1920s
20
39
1930s
80
20
1940s
38
20
1950s
19
27
1960s
15
32
1970s
7
39
1980s
25
22
1990s
27
20
2000s
31
5
2010s
32
18
2020s
25
9

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 1894, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 25, 1944 -35.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.36 in — Jan 22, 1933
February 72.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -36.0°F — Feb 9, 1899 6.00 in — Feb 4, 1997
March 87.1°F — Mar 29, 1895 -25.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 3.00 in — Mar 12, 2001
April 95.0°F — Apr 28, 1910 6.1°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.72 in — Apr 11, 1922
May 106.0°F — May 30, 1934 21.0°F — May 3, 1967 5.08 in — May 21, 2024
June 105.1°F — Jun 8, 1985 35.1°F — Jun 3, 1945 6.18 in — Jun 18, 1954
July 108.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 42.1°F — Jul 4, 1967 4.70 in — Jul 6, 1978
August 109.9°F — Aug 3, 1930 37.0°F — Aug 30, 1915 7.17 in — Aug 31, 1962
September 99.0°F — Sep 4, 1925 21.9°F — Sep 28, 1942 5.43 in — Sep 8, 1941
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 1997 3.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 2.09 in — Oct 2, 2019
November 81.0°F — Nov 3, 1978 -17.0°F — Nov 26, 1898 2.42 in — Nov 30, 1991
December 68.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -29.9°F — Dec 23, 1990 1.87 in — Dec 10, 1911

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