All-time weather records — Whitewood, SD

Record high
102.9°F
July 10, 1954
Record low
-29.9°F
January 18, 1943
Wettest day
5.20 in
May 11, 1922

Climate change signal in Whitewood

0%

of Whitewood's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1900s
8
6
1910s
59
83
1920s
7
7
1940s
62
45
1950s
62
48
1960s
18
46
1970s
19
38
1980s
39
31
1990s
62
46
2000s
30
16

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 1909, the latest in 2006. Period of observation: 1909-2006.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 25, 1994 -29.9°F — Jan 18, 1943 2.39 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 68.0°F — Feb 21, 1943 -29.0°F — Feb 3, 1989 1.74 in — Feb 26, 1958
March 78.1°F — Mar 22, 1910 -22.0°F — Mar 18, 1923 4.44 in — Mar 14, 1973
April 91.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -6.0°F — Apr 3, 2002 4.00 in — Apr 7, 1919
May 93.9°F — May 17, 1948 1.9°F — May 1, 1909 5.20 in — May 11, 1922
June 100.9°F — Jun 24, 1954 23.0°F — Jun 1, 1979 4.37 in — Jun 14, 1976
July 102.9°F — Jul 10, 1954 32.0°F — Jul 13, 1950 4.10 in — Jul 2, 1958
August 102.9°F — Aug 7, 1949 27.0°F — Aug 11, 2004 2.64 in — Aug 8, 1979
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 1954 14.0°F — Sep 25, 1912 2.99 in — Sep 5, 1971
October 89.1°F — Oct 11, 1910 -7.1°F — Oct 30, 1991 2.91 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 75.0°F — Nov 7, 1999 -18.9°F — Nov 23, 1985 2.90 in — Nov 5, 1922
December 66.9°F — Dec 25, 1994 -29.0°F — Dec 22, 1990 1.70 in — Dec 30, 1922

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