All-time weather records — Wood, SD

Record high
116.1°F
July 25, 1936
Record low
-53.0°F
June 3, 1955
Wettest day
4.59 in
August 2, 1922

Climate change signal in Wood

6.3%

of Wood's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1910s
13
56
1920s
18
58
1930s
98
45
1940s
45
39
1950s
33
25
1960s
31
18
1970s
24
17
1980s
23
25
1990s
29
31
2000s
21
14
2010s
17
33
2020s
14
5

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 1913, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1913-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 16, 1974 -35.0°F — Jan 13, 1916 2.33 in — Jan 9, 1939
February 78.1°F — Feb 22, 1995 -36.0°F — Feb 2, 1917 1.47 in — Feb 23, 1977
March 90.0°F — Mar 29, 1943 -29.0°F — Mar 11, 1998 2.00 in — Mar 17, 1946
April 97.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -7.1°F — Apr 3, 1936 2.89 in — Apr 12, 1970
May 107.1°F — May 28, 1934 16.0°F — May 4, 1944 2.92 in — May 5, 1942
June 111.9°F — Jun 26, 1933 -53.0°F — Jun 3, 1955 3.52 in — Jun 4, 1991
July 116.1°F — Jul 25, 1936 1.9°F — Jul 28, 1917 4.30 in — Jul 14, 1989
August 114.1°F — Aug 9, 1947 30.9°F — Aug 11, 1914 4.59 in — Aug 2, 1922
September 111.0°F — Sep 9, 1931 10.9°F — Sep 25, 1926 1.93 in — Sep 1, 1963
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 1963 -7.1°F — Oct 28, 1925 3.17 in — Oct 13, 2023
November 88.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -22.0°F — Nov 16, 1959 2.37 in — Nov 1, 1920
December 75.9°F — Dec 3, 1941 -32.1°F — Dec 20, 1916 1.26 in — Dec 6, 1951

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