All-time weather records — Birdsong, AR

Record high
106.0°F
July 15, 1980
Record low
-9.9°F
December 24, 1963
Wettest day
5.76 in
May 1, 2010

Climate change signal in Birdsong

16.9%

of Birdsong's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (62 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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 #
1950s
1
3
1960s
62
115
1970s
35
65
1980s
53
89
1990s
38
48
2000s
72
22
2010s
79
14
2020s
26
10

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 1959, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1959-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 13, 1960 -9.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 4.00 in — Jan 30, 2010
February 81.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -2.9°F — Feb 4, 1996 2.93 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 87.1°F — Mar 30, 2007 8.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 4.00 in — Mar 10, 2016
April 96.1°F — Apr 19, 2006 24.1°F — Apr 1, 1962 4.35 in — Apr 5, 1997
May 98.1°F — May 31, 1977 36.0°F — May 4, 1976 5.76 in — May 1, 2010
June 102.0°F — Jun 24, 2009 46.0°F — Jun 3, 1969 5.05 in — Jun 19, 2025
July 106.0°F — Jul 15, 1980 54.0°F — Jul 6, 1972 4.02 in — Jul 13, 1988
August 105.1°F — Aug 1, 1986 46.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 5.35 in — Aug 30, 1978
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 2000 36.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 5.55 in — Sep 11, 1965
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 25.0°F — Oct 23, 1982 5.22 in — Oct 9, 1999
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 2016 12.0°F — Nov 24, 1970 4.10 in — Nov 19, 1988
December 78.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -9.9°F — Dec 24, 1963 4.11 in — Dec 18, 1990

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