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Mitchell, SD 43.774°N, 98.038°W · station MHEthr · 134 years of record
70°F
COLDEST JUL 15 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 15
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Mitchell.
71° TUE 7/14 70° WED 7/15 73° THU 7/16 76° FRI 7/17 75° SAT 7/18 72° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 15
Today ranks #119 / 128
coldest Jul 15 in 128 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 15 ever 47°F
set in 1906
Mildest Jul 15 ever 81°F
set in 1931
Coldest Jul 15 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 15 at Mitchell. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
47 64 81 1896: 66°F 1897: 54°F 1898: 55°F 1899: 60°F 1900: 50°F 1901: 73°F 1902: 59°F 1903: 57°F 1904: 59°F 1905: 73°F 1906: 47°F 1907: 55°F 1908: 58°F 1909: 52°F 1910: 61°F 1911: 54°F 1912: 59°F 1913: 68°F 1914: 68°F 1915: 64°F 1916: 66°F 1917: 53°F 1918: 60°F 1919: 58°F 1920: 51°F 1921: 63°F 1922: 70°F 1923: 58°F 1924: 52°F 1925: 67°F 1926: 57°F 1927: 62°F 1928: 58°F 1929: 66°F 1930: 55°F 1931: 81°F 1932: 67°F 1933: 55°F 1934: 69°F 1935: 60°F 1936: 69°F 1937: 62°F 1938: 56°F 1939: 69°F 1940: 69°F 1941: 58°F 1942: 68°F 1943: 60°F 1944: 67°F 1945: 52°F 1946: 63°F 1947: 60°F 1948: 63°F 1949: 55°F 1950: 59°F 1951: 64°F 1952: 55°F 1953: 60°F 1954: 55°F 1955: 62°F 1956: 62°F 1957: 69°F 1958: 55°F 1959: 62°F 1960: 52°F 1961: 50°F 1962: 62°F 1963: 60°F 1964: 60°F 1965: 61°F 1966: 59°F 1967: 54°F 1968: 69°F 1969: 71°F 1970: 57°F 1971: 55°F 1972: 63°F 1974: 60°F 1975: 60°F 1976: 63°F 1977: 62°F 1978: 66°F 1979: 57°F 1980: 74°F 1981: 70°F 1982: 65°F 1983: 71°F 1984: 71°F 1985: 55°F 1986: 70°F 1987: 57°F 1988: 66°F 1989: 58°F 1990: 54°F 1991: 65°F 1992: 52°F 1993: 59°F 1994: 59°F 1995: 68°F 1996: 56°F 1997: 61°F 1998: 66°F 1999: 74°F 2000: 64°F 2001: 66°F 2002: 64°F 2004: 61°F 2005: 69°F 2006: 68°F 2007: 59°F 2008: 58°F 2009: 60°F 2010: 62°F 2011: 77°F 2012: 65°F 2013: 70°F 2014: 50°F 2015: 68°F 2016: 58°F 2017: 68°F 2018: 62°F 2019: 75°F 2020: 60°F 2021: 58°F 2022: 69°F 2023: 62°F 2024: 68°F 2025: 65°F 70° forecast 1896 1906 2025 Forecast low · Jul 15 70°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 47°F This-date rank #119 of 128
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -40°F (1994) 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 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 143 days
record run, ended Apr 1 2023
So far in 2026 101 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Mitchell's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 64°F · forecast is +6° 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 low 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 low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low 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 low at Mitchell — counted through Jul 15 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
101 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 30th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 94 . Record: 116 in 2013.
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