All-time weather records — Wheatland, WY

Record high
111.9°F
August 6, 1893
Record low
-38.9°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
3.57 in
May 5, 1971

Climate change signal in Wheatland

2.7%

of Wheatland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (10 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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
24
27
1900s
14
16
1910s
62
47
1920s
25
14
1930s
35
27
1940s
27
25
1950s
24
28
1960s
14
35
1970s
15
40
1980s
34
35
1990s
29
18
2000s
41
24
2010s
19
23
2020s
3
7

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 2021. Period of observation: 1893-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 26, 1982 -36.0°F — Jan 7, 1979 1.00 in — Jan 2, 1896
February 73.9°F — Feb 10, 1915 -36.0°F — Feb 6, 1914 0.90 in — Feb 1, 1907
March 86.0°F — Mar 15, 2015 -26.0°F — Mar 1, 1903 1.50 in — Mar 9, 1907
April 91.0°F — Apr 29, 1913 -22.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 3.10 in — Apr 1, 1925
May 98.1°F — May 29, 2003 12.9°F — May 12, 1983 3.57 in — May 5, 1971
June 108.0°F — Jun 18, 1893 28.0°F — Jun 2, 1951 2.42 in — Jun 13, 1986
July 107.1°F — Jul 22, 1982 28.9°F — Jul 31, 1913 2.00 in — Jul 30, 2014
August 111.9°F — Aug 6, 1893 25.0°F — Aug 26, 1896 1.95 in — Aug 1, 1978
September 100.9°F — Sep 4, 1948 12.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.71 in — Sep 11, 1973
October 91.9°F — Oct 16, 1914 -9.0°F — Oct 29, 1917 2.03 in — Oct 22, 1995
November 86.0°F — Nov 5, 1914 -18.9°F — Nov 13, 2014 1.32 in — Nov 20, 1979
December 75.9°F — Dec 9, 1915 -38.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.10 in — Dec 5, 1913

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