All-time weather records — Westside, IA

Record high
111.9°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-40.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
70.00 in
February 8, 1926

Climate change signal in Westside

7.7%

of Westside's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
17
34
1900s
20
66
1910s
27
53
1920s
19
31
1930s
107
31
1940s
20
27
1950s
15
25
1960s
15
28
1970s
10
14
1980s
27
17
1990s
22
14
2000s
30
2
2010s
19
13
2020s
18
11

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 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 27, 2002 -40.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.24 in — Jan 8, 1937
February 75.9°F — Feb 27, 2024 -36.9°F — Feb 2, 1905 70.00 in — Feb 8, 1926
March 88.0°F — Mar 29, 1986 -23.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 50.00 in — Mar 20, 1925
April 95.0°F — Apr 28, 1910 5.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.40 in — Apr 7, 1998
May 105.1°F — May 29, 1934 1.9°F — May 7, 1931 40.00 in — May 7, 1931
June 109.0°F — Jun 10, 1933 30.0°F — Jun 4, 1903 5.31 in — Jun 8, 2008
July 111.9°F — Jul 14, 1936 39.0°F — Jul 9, 1895 7.89 in — Jul 9, 1993
August 111.0°F — Aug 3, 1930 34.0°F — Aug 30, 1915 7.75 in — Aug 29, 1907
September 102.9°F — Sep 6, 1939 18.0°F — Sep 29, 1899 5.81 in — Sep 11, 1972
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 2023 -0.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 30.00 in — Oct 17, 1936
November 80.1°F — Nov 3, 2005 -16.1°F — Nov 21, 1937 60.00 in — Nov 28, 1939
December 70.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.45 in — Dec 14, 2015

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