All-time weather records — Bay, AR

Record high
116.1°F
July 12, 1901
Record low
-18.0°F
January 12, 1918
Wettest day
6.52 in
May 25, 2016

Climate change signal in Bay

2.5%

of Bay's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (9 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1890s
16
41
1900s
92
38
1910s
71
85
1920s
56
25
1930s
42
16
1940s
9
17
1950s
22
16
1960s
17
18
1970s
2
21
1980s
11
28
1990s
3
17
2000s
15
22
2010s
3
14
2020s
7
8

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 21, 1906 -18.0°F — Jan 12, 1918 4.73 in — Jan 30, 1969
February 82.9°F — Feb 28, 1918 -13.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 4.83 in — Feb 18, 1938
March 95.0°F — Mar 24, 1929 1.0°F — Mar 6, 1899 5.04 in — Mar 31, 2016
April 96.1°F — Apr 29, 1901 21.9°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.30 in — Apr 6, 2025
May 100.9°F — May 28, 1911 28.9°F — May 6, 1927 6.52 in — May 25, 2016
June 109.9°F — Jun 29, 1901 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1897 3.82 in — Jun 10, 1923
July 116.1°F — Jul 12, 1901 50.0°F — Jul 6, 1915 3.75 in — Jul 27, 1933
August 111.0°F — Aug 8, 1934 45.0°F — Aug 17, 1897 4.30 in — Aug 19, 1997
September 109.9°F — Sep 6, 1925 33.1°F — Sep 30, 1916 5.57 in — Sep 1, 1922
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 1897 21.0°F — Oct 29, 1910 4.02 in — Oct 18, 1980
November 89.1°F — Nov 12, 1925 9.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.29 in — Nov 18, 1957
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 1906 -7.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.78 in — Dec 21, 1990

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