All-time weather records — Bethel, MO

Record high
115.0°F
July 15, 1936
Record low
-27.9°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
6.04 in
September 10, 2014

Climate change signal in Bethel

7.7%

of Bethel's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 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
3
12
1900s
25
21
1910s
93
80
1920s
34
33
1930s
70
33
1940s
16
27
1950s
21
25
1960s
15
29
1970s
10
36
1980s
14
27
1990s
14
22
2000s
13
3
2010s
20
13
2020s
18
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 1899, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 23, 1909 -24.0°F — Jan 12, 1918 3.30 in — Jan 2, 1897
February 80.1°F — Feb 28, 2024 -27.9°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.08 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 90.0°F — Mar 20, 1907 -11.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 3.72 in — Mar 4, 1985
April 93.9°F — Apr 10, 1930 5.0°F — Apr 5, 1920 4.90 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 102.0°F — May 31, 1934 26.1°F — May 4, 1907 4.27 in — May 14, 2001
June 107.1°F — Jun 18, 1913 35.1°F — Jun 2, 1990 4.92 in — Jun 25, 2008
July 115.0°F — Jul 15, 1936 42.1°F — Jul 3, 1917 5.80 in — Jul 29, 1910
August 113.0°F — Aug 8, 1934 37.9°F — Aug 10, 1917 5.48 in — Aug 5, 1970
September 109.0°F — Sep 4, 1913 24.1°F — Sep 28, 1942 6.04 in — Sep 10, 2014
October 98.1°F — Oct 7, 1939 7.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 4.52 in — Oct 4, 1991
November 84.9°F — Nov 6, 1915 -9.9°F — Nov 30, 1964 3.23 in — Nov 1, 1984
December 73.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.18 in — Dec 10, 2003

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