All-time weather records — Downing, MO

Record high
115.0°F
July 15, 1936
Record low
-23.1°F
December 28, 1924
Wettest day
5.82 in
June 25, 2015

Climate change signal in Downing

6.8%

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

9.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (34 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
·
·
1900s
·
·
1920s
112
141
1930s
181
125
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1990s
·
·
2000s
·
8
2010s
73
92

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 1920, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1893-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 14, 1928 -22.0°F — Jan 1, 2018 2.50 in — Jan 19, 1904
February 78.1°F — Feb 24, 1930 -18.9°F — Feb 5, 1936 2.61 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 84.0°F — Mar 23, 1928 -9.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.98 in — Mar 27, 1898
April 91.0°F — Apr 10, 1930 7.0°F — Apr 2, 2018 3.90 in — Apr 25, 1904
May 102.9°F — May 31, 1934 28.9°F — May 7, 1931 4.48 in — May 13, 2010
June 105.1°F — Jun 19, 1936 39.9°F — Jun 3, 1929 5.82 in — Jun 25, 2015
July 115.0°F — Jul 15, 1936 48.0°F — Jul 15, 1930 4.75 in — Jul 23, 1896
August 115.0°F — Aug 9, 1934 45.0°F — Aug 28, 1935 5.32 in — Aug 24, 2007
September 102.0°F — Sep 3, 1925 30.0°F — Sep 26, 1926 5.56 in — Sep 13, 2008
October 90.0°F — Oct 2, 1937 0.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.32 in — Oct 16, 1898
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1937 -2.0°F — Nov 30, 1929 2.55 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 71.1°F — Dec 4, 2012 -23.1°F — Dec 28, 1924 2.00 in — Dec 10, 2003

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