All-time weather records — West Burlington, IA

Record high
111.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-27.0°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
6.28 in
June 29, 1933

Climate change signal in West Burlington

7.4%

of West Burlington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
10
1900s
18
38
1910s
53
48
1920s
20
24
1930s
85
12
1940s
24
42
1950s
22
36
1960s
19
34
1970s
10
42
1980s
16
12
1990s
22
24
2000s
27
19
2010s
20
22
2020s
18
3

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 31, 1989 -24.0°F — Jan 14, 1957 2.15 in — Jan 1, 1965
February 77.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -27.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 1.78 in — Feb 20, 2014
March 88.0°F — Mar 22, 1907 -13.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 2.73 in — Mar 12, 1939
April 93.0°F — Apr 10, 1930 12.9°F — Apr 5, 1920 4.36 in — Apr 24, 1950
May 102.9°F — May 31, 1934 26.1°F — May 4, 1907 3.32 in — May 15, 2009
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1934 39.0°F — Jun 8, 1913 6.28 in — Jun 29, 1933
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 46.0°F — Jul 30, 1971 3.87 in — Jul 4, 1995
August 109.9°F — Aug 8, 1934 41.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 6.14 in — Aug 5, 2023
September 102.9°F — Sep 2, 1913 23.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 5.93 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 2006 10.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 4.20 in — Oct 1, 1927
November 86.0°F — Nov 17, 1899 -2.0°F — Nov 8, 1991 2.70 in — Nov 17, 2015
December 73.0°F — Dec 4, 1998 -22.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.18 in — Dec 24, 1965

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