All-time weather records — Canton, MS

Record high
108.0°F
September 7, 1925
Record low
-11.0°F
January 27, 1940
Wettest day
10.59 in
February 13, 2020

Climate change signal in Canton

8.5%

of Canton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (31 of 366 records since 2015).

8.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (32 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
9
13
1900s
23
27
1910s
63
28
1920s
59
13
1930s
28
15
1940s
29
33
1950s
50
43
1960s
19
46
1970s
13
35
1980s
25
42
1990s
3
9
2000s
10
16
2010s
9
21
2020s
26
25

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 23, 1943 -11.0°F — Jan 27, 1940 6.32 in — Jan 6, 1899
February 87.1°F — Feb 24, 2023 -2.9°F — Feb 13, 1899 10.59 in — Feb 13, 2020
March 95.0°F — Mar 28, 1935 15.1°F — Mar 3, 1943 6.80 in — Mar 27, 1902
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1987 21.0°F — Apr 28, 1983 5.85 in — Apr 3, 2017
May 99.0°F — May 25, 1914 35.1°F — May 4, 2013 5.06 in — May 29, 2008
June 104.0°F — Jun 20, 1936 39.9°F — Jun 6, 1990 4.84 in — Jun 6, 2024
July 106.0°F — Jul 11, 1930 51.1°F — Jul 15, 1967 5.62 in — Jul 10, 1933
August 107.1°F — Aug 8, 1935 52.0°F — Aug 14, 2004 6.61 in — Aug 9, 1942
September 108.0°F — Sep 7, 1925 34.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 5.62 in — Sep 24, 2020
October 100.0°F — Oct 2, 1954 19.9°F — Oct 30, 1952 5.82 in — Oct 17, 2006
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 1924 12.0°F — Nov 13, 2019 9.25 in — Nov 5, 2019
December 84.9°F — Dec 7, 1951 1.9°F — Dec 24, 1989 5.69 in — Dec 27, 1942

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