All-time weather records — Cross Timbers, MO

Record high
111.0°F
July 31, 1986
Record low
-22.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
5.90 in
October 16, 1965

Climate change signal in Cross Timbers

13.7%

of Cross Timbers's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (50 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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 #
1960s
61
83
1970s
40
86
1980s
96
66
1990s
53
50
2000s
35
32
2010s
50
33
2020s
31
16

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 1961, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1961-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 8, 1965 -17.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 3.25 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 80.1°F — Feb 24, 1982 -20.9°F — Feb 1, 1979 3.80 in — Feb 3, 1986
March 87.1°F — Mar 21, 2017 -2.9°F — Mar 4, 1978 3.59 in — Mar 13, 2021
April 91.9°F — Apr 21, 1987 18.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 4.17 in — Apr 30, 2017
May 93.9°F — May 22, 1987 30.0°F — May 6, 1992 4.85 in — May 1, 2019
June 106.0°F — Jun 24, 1988 39.0°F — Jun 15, 2006 4.72 in — Jun 15, 1990
July 111.0°F — Jul 31, 1986 46.0°F — Jul 21, 1970 3.47 in — Jul 9, 2010
August 109.9°F — Aug 3, 2011 44.1°F — Aug 13, 1967 4.15 in — Aug 5, 2013
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 2000 30.0°F — Sep 23, 1995 4.91 in — Sep 16, 1969
October 93.9°F — Oct 8, 1963 19.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.90 in — Oct 16, 1965
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1968 3.9°F — Nov 8, 1991 3.15 in — Nov 21, 1979
December 75.9°F — Dec 25, 2025 -22.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.84 in — Dec 11, 1985

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