All-time weather records — Carthage, MS

Record high
106.0°F
August 30, 2000
Record low
-5.1°F
January 12, 1962
Wettest day
8.42 in
September 5, 2011

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 #
1950s
55
25
1960s
88
91
1970s
41
56
1980s
75
95
1990s
44
57
2000s
43
32
2010s
20
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 1955, the latest in 2013. Period of observation: 1955-2015.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 22, 2010 -5.1°F — Jan 12, 1962 6.17 in — Jan 20, 1979
February 86.0°F — Feb 24, 1996 -0.9°F — Feb 14, 1960 6.42 in — Feb 10, 1983
March 89.1°F — Mar 23, 1995 12.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.44 in — Mar 28, 1994
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1987 26.1°F — Apr 4, 1987 6.50 in — Apr 13, 1979
May 97.0°F — May 26, 1964 37.9°F — May 1, 1988 3.49 in — May 26, 1968
June 104.0°F — Jun 14, 1963 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1984 2.76 in — Jun 24, 2014
July 104.0°F — Jul 13, 1962 51.1°F — Jul 15, 1967 3.47 in — Jul 25, 1965
August 106.0°F — Aug 30, 2000 52.0°F — Aug 23, 1956 5.75 in — Aug 30, 2005
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 36.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 8.42 in — Sep 5, 2011
October 95.0°F — Oct 13, 1963 26.1°F — Oct 28, 1957 4.27 in — Oct 17, 1975
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1984 15.1°F — Nov 30, 1959 4.70 in — Nov 9, 2000
December 82.0°F — Dec 4, 1978 1.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.74 in — Dec 4, 1982

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