All-Time Record South Dakota High Temperature Tied
A high temperature of 120 degrees was recorded on Saturday, July 15 at a National Weather Service cooperative weather observing station 8 miles west-northwest of Usta in Perkins county, or 20 miles northwest of Faith. This temperature ties the all-time record high temperature for the state of South Dakota, which was set July 5, 1936 at Gann Valley.
The picture below is the observer, Patty Kelly, at the temperature sensor.
Several other locations across western and central South Dakota also set all-time record high temperatures on July 15. They include:
Location New Record High Previous Record and Date Set
Cottonwood 2E 117 116 on 7/20/1910
Philip 116 113 on 8/26/1970
Milesville 5NE 116 115 on 7/24/1952
Interior 3NE/Badlands National Park
114 111 7/6/1973
Rapid City Airport 111 110 on 7/8/1989 and 7/6/1973
Pine Ridge 111 108 on 7/25/2003 and 7/31/2002
Spearfish 109 106 on 7/9/1954
Fort Meade/Sturgis 108 107 last set on 7/16/2005
Pactola Reservoir 101 100 on 7/9/1989
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