All-time weather records — Carthage, AR

Record high
111.0°F
August 4, 2011
Record low
-9.9°F
January 30, 1966
Wettest day
8.11 in
September 3, 2008

Climate change signal in Carthage

0%

of Carthage's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1940s
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·
1950s
·
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1960s
66
84
1970s
56
74
1980s
73
92
1990s
33
46
2000s
74
41
2010s
64
29

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 1963, the latest in 2014. Period of observation: 1943-2014.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -9.9°F — Jan 30, 1966 4.40 in — Jan 25, 2004
February 86.0°F — Feb 20, 1986 -2.0°F — Feb 3, 1985 3.72 in — Feb 1, 1957
March 93.0°F — Mar 31, 1974 12.0°F — Mar 4, 2002 5.80 in — Mar 14, 1999
April 95.0°F — Apr 20, 1987 24.1°F — Apr 4, 1987 4.89 in — Apr 20, 1973
May 97.0°F — May 20, 2005 32.0°F — May 4, 2013 5.75 in — May 1, 1958
June 105.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 12, 2003 5.48 in — Jun 8, 1974
July 108.0°F — Jul 17, 1980 51.1°F — Jul 5, 1968 6.16 in — Jul 16, 1963
August 111.0°F — Aug 4, 2011 44.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 7.32 in — Aug 23, 1958
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 32.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 8.11 in — Sep 3, 2008
October 95.0°F — Oct 11, 1963 26.1°F — Oct 24, 1981 7.12 in — Oct 30, 2009
November 84.9°F — Nov 4, 1978 10.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 3.80 in — Nov 2, 2004
December 80.1°F — Dec 3, 2005 -2.9°F — Dec 24, 1963 6.25 in — Dec 24, 2009

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