All-time weather records — West Okoboji, IA

Record high
102.9°F
July 31, 1955
Record low
-34.1°F
January 3, 2010
Wettest day
6.20 in
June 24, 2018

Climate change signal in West Okoboji

15.6%

of West Okoboji's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (57 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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 #
1910s
·
3
1920s
24
46
1930s
6
·
1940s
37
21
1950s
55
60
1960s
43
52
1970s
28
56
1980s
38
38
1990s
28
27
2000s
32
19
2010s
30
29
2020s
45
15

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 1921, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1919-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -34.1°F — Jan 3, 2010 1.18 in — Jan 31, 2010
February 64.9°F — Feb 21, 2017 -27.9°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.78 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 84.9°F — Mar 30, 1968 -22.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 2.61 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 93.0°F — Apr 30, 2007 1.9°F — Apr 1, 1924 2.63 in — Apr 22, 1985
May 98.1°F — May 14, 2013 18.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.06 in — May 5, 2007
June 102.0°F — Jun 8, 1985 34.0°F — Jun 4, 1945 6.20 in — Jun 24, 2018
July 102.9°F — Jul 31, 1955 16.0°F — Jul 31, 1971 6.17 in — Jul 4, 1962
August 102.0°F — Aug 13, 1965 35.1°F — Aug 20, 1950 5.05 in — Aug 30, 1962
September 100.0°F — Sep 6, 1976 24.1°F — Sep 23, 1983 5.95 in — Sep 15, 2004
October 91.9°F — Oct 5, 1963 -9.9°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.05 in — Oct 1, 2021
November 78.1°F — Nov 8, 1999 -14.1°F — Nov 14, 1959 3.00 in — Nov 9, 1977
December 66.9°F — Dec 5, 1939 -29.0°F — Dec 28, 1924 1.20 in — Dec 27, 2018

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