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Mitchell, SD 43.774°N, 98.038°W · station MHEthr · 134 years of record
102°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2006
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Mitchell.
96° MON 7/13 100° TUE 7/14 100° WED 7/15 102° THU 7/16 102° FRI 7/17 100° SAT 7/18 97° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #7 / 128
warmest Jul 16 in 128 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 109°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 16 ever 69°F
set in 2025
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Mitchell. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
69 89 109 1896: 76°F 1897: 88°F 1898: 91°F 1899: 82°F 1900: 72°F 1901: 97°F 1902: 85°F 1903: 87°F 1904: 91°F 1905: 94°F 1906: 73°F 1907: 78°F 1908: 87°F 1909: 82°F 1910: 100°F 1911: 77°F 1912: 71°F 1913: 87°F 1914: 80°F 1915: 77°F 1916: 96°F 1918: 75°F 1919: 88°F 1920: 86°F 1921: 99°F 1922: 86°F 1923: 91°F 1924: 97°F 1925: 86°F 1926: 106°F 1927: 79°F 1928: 88°F 1929: 88°F 1930: 107°F 1931: 106°F 1932: 98°F 1933: 87°F 1934: 98°F 1935: 101°F 1936: 109°F 1937: 80°F 1938: 90°F 1939: 87°F 1940: 83°F 1941: 87°F 1942: 104°F 1943: 88°F 1944: 85°F 1945: 81°F 1946: 84°F 1947: 94°F 1948: 79°F 1949: 90°F 1950: 84°F 1951: 86°F 1952: 81°F 1953: 87°F 1954: 95°F 1955: 87°F 1956: 91°F 1957: 98°F 1958: 78°F 1959: 85°F 1960: 90°F 1961: 90°F 1962: 74°F 1963: 95°F 1964: 93°F 1965: 97°F 1966: 87°F 1967: 85°F 1968: 99°F 1969: 91°F 1970: 99°F 1971: 93°F 1972: 80°F 1974: 92°F 1975: 97°F 1976: 94°F 1977: 88°F 1978: 99°F 1979: 81°F 1980: 93°F 1981: 86°F 1982: 90°F 1983: 89°F 1984: 80°F 1985: 84°F 1986: 91°F 1987: 85°F 1988: 100°F 1989: 78°F 1990: 86°F 1991: 98°F 1992: 80°F 1993: 81°F 1994: 78°F 1995: 81°F 1996: 82°F 1997: 96°F 1998: 90°F 1999: 93°F 2000: 88°F 2001: 92°F 2002: 100°F 2003: 90°F 2004: 92°F 2005: 101°F 2006: 103°F 2007: 96°F 2008: 96°F 2009: 72°F 2010: 93°F 2011: 96°F 2012: 100°F 2013: 87°F 2014: 78°F 2015: 90°F 2016: 79°F 2017: 91°F 2018: 84°F 2019: 92°F 2020: 82°F 2021: 82°F 2022: 78°F 2023: 81°F 2024: 89°F 2025: 69°F 102° forecast 1896 2025 1936 Forecast high · Jul 16 102°F Hottest this date since 2006 This-date record 109°F This-date rank #7 of 128
Hottest at any time since 2025 All-time record 116°F (1940) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1893–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Mitchell in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 68°F 2012 -38°F 1970 Feb 72°F 2000 -40°F 1994 Mar 95°F 1943 -23°F 1956 Apr 97°F 1962 1°F 1924 May 108°F 1934 18°F 1967 Jun 111°F 1936 31°F 1901 Jul 116°F 1940 34°F 1900 Aug 115°F 1934 34°F 1911 Sep 106°F 1933 11°F 1899 Oct 96°F 1922 -8°F 1925 Nov 84°F 2020 -22°F 1959 Dec 70°F 1998 -34°F 1917 All-time 116°F 1940 -40°F 1994
Records set or tied at Mitchell so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 4 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 2 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 27 days
record run, ended Jul 28 1936
So far in 2026 15 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Mitchell's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 87°F · forecast is +14° vs normal .
Jan: 28°F Jan: 8°F Feb: 33°F Feb: 12°F Mar: 45°F Mar: 24°F Apr: 59°F Apr: 35°F May: 71°F May: 48°F Jun: 81°F Jun: 59°F Jul: 86°F Jul: 63°F Aug: 84°F Aug: 60°F Sep: 76°F Sep: 51°F Oct: 61°F Oct: 37°F Nov: 45°F Nov: 24°F Dec: 32°F Dec: 13°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:02 AM Sunset 7:13 PM Solar noon 11:38 AM Daylight 15h 11m · losing 9 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 43.77°N, 98.04°W Mitchell's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Mitchell's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Mitchell, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Mitchell — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
15 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 42nd most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 12 . Record: 37 in 1933.
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