All-time weather records — De Queen, AR

Record high
114.1°F
August 10, 1936
Record low
-14.1°F
February 2, 1951
Wettest day
8.72 in
April 11, 2017

Climate change signal in De Queen

6.8%

of De Queen's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1900s
4
16
1930s
38
11
1940s
22
43
1950s
97
52
1960s
36
60
1970s
32
55
1980s
54
56
1990s
18
32
2000s
28
21
2010s
21
11
2020s
16
9

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 1902, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1902-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 13, 1941 -5.1°F — Jan 12, 1962 5.25 in — Jan 30, 1969
February 88.0°F — Feb 22, 1980 -14.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.23 in — Feb 12, 1950
March 93.9°F — Mar 31, 1974 8.1°F — Mar 3, 1943 5.98 in — Mar 8, 1990
April 96.1°F — Apr 19, 2006 25.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 8.72 in — Apr 11, 2017
May 96.1°F — May 19, 1956 32.0°F — May 1, 1903 6.43 in — May 13, 1947
June 106.0°F — Jun 20, 1936 46.0°F — Jun 3, 1970 4.40 in — Jun 3, 1904
July 108.0°F — Jul 24, 1954 52.0°F — Jul 6, 1972 5.70 in — Jul 1, 1940
August 114.1°F — Aug 10, 1936 45.0°F — Aug 13, 2000 6.71 in — Aug 28, 1947
September 108.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 34.0°F — Sep 27, 1942 7.92 in — Sep 28, 1980
October 104.0°F — Oct 1, 1938 19.9°F — Oct 29, 1952 4.90 in — Oct 8, 1990
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1984 8.1°F — Nov 29, 1976 6.50 in — Nov 16, 1978
December 82.0°F — Dec 4, 2005 -5.1°F — Dec 23, 1963 6.24 in — Dec 2, 1982

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