All-time weather records — White River, SD

Record high
116.1°F
July 16, 2006
Record low
-29.9°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
4.25 in
April 20, 1971

Climate change signal in White River

4.4%

of White River's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (16 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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
·
5
1920s
4
28
1950s
14
11
1960s
64
82
1970s
50
45
1980s
67
73
1990s
70
44
2000s
57
46
2010s
40
32

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 1920, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1918-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 11, 1987 -26.0°F — Jan 6, 1988 0.97 in — Jan 18, 1922
February 77.0°F — Feb 21, 1995 -29.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.00 in — Feb 9, 1953
March 86.0°F — Mar 12, 1995 -18.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.07 in — Mar 6, 1996
April 96.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 3.0°F — Apr 4, 1920 4.25 in — Apr 20, 1971
May 100.9°F — May 27, 1969 21.9°F — May 3, 2005 2.83 in — May 1, 1983
June 111.9°F — Jun 24, 1988 33.1°F — Jun 2, 1920 4.08 in — Jun 21, 1994
July 116.1°F — Jul 16, 2006 39.0°F — Jul 8, 1920 2.40 in — Jul 19, 1957
August 109.9°F — Aug 11, 1959 37.0°F — Aug 12, 1920 3.01 in — Aug 19, 1966
September 106.0°F — Sep 2, 1983 18.0°F — Sep 29, 1920 1.54 in — Sep 4, 2016
October 99.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 1.0°F — Oct 30, 1991 2.26 in — Oct 7, 2007
November 87.1°F — Nov 9, 1999 -15.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 2.40 in — Nov 1, 1920
December 73.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -29.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.10 in — Dec 25, 2016

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