All-time weather records — Elaine, AR

Record high
111.0°F
July 29, 1930
Record low
-5.1°F
January 12, 1962
Wettest day
9.18 in
April 20, 1973

Climate change signal in Elaine

7.1%

of Elaine's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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 #
1930s
41
32
1940s
66
60
1950s
63
50
1960s
47
71
1970s
26
39
1980s
42
43
1990s
13
28
2000s
34
19
2010s
18
15
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 1930, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1930-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 1, 1952 -5.1°F — Jan 12, 1962 4.30 in — Jan 8, 1946
February 82.9°F — Feb 8, 2025 -4.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.60 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 87.1°F — Mar 22, 2017 10.9°F — Mar 3, 1943 6.02 in — Mar 10, 2016
April 93.9°F — Apr 21, 1987 28.0°F — Apr 7, 2007 9.18 in — Apr 20, 1973
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1977 37.9°F — May 4, 1954 6.00 in — May 19, 2003
June 106.0°F — Jun 20, 1936 48.9°F — Jun 1, 1936 4.65 in — Jun 1, 1974
July 111.0°F — Jul 29, 1930 53.1°F — Jul 20, 2014 4.10 in — Jul 2, 1940
August 109.0°F — Aug 16, 1943 48.0°F — Aug 19, 1943 4.39 in — Aug 10, 1970
September 105.1°F — Sep 7, 1947 33.1°F — Sep 24, 2008 5.98 in — Sep 11, 1965
October 97.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 29, 1952 4.75 in — Oct 7, 1984
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1937 14.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.70 in — Nov 8, 1986
December 82.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -2.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 4.32 in — Dec 5, 2011

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