All-time weather records — Emerson, AR

Record high
111.0°F
July 24, 2011
Record low
-4.0°F
January 12, 1962
Wettest day
11.73 in
April 5, 1997

Climate change signal in Emerson

7.4%

of Emerson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1940s
34
7
1950s
122
54
1960s
52
102
1970s
29
76
1980s
34
55
1990s
17
30
2000s
33
22
2010s
29
10
2020s
16
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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 25, 1950 -4.0°F — Jan 12, 1962 4.17 in — Jan 24, 2024
February 88.0°F — Feb 20, 1986 -2.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.33 in — Feb 16, 2001
March 91.0°F — Mar 22, 1995 14.0°F — Mar 4, 2002 7.20 in — Mar 15, 2024
April 96.1°F — Apr 19, 1987 25.0°F — Apr 7, 1971 11.73 in — Apr 5, 1997
May 99.0°F — May 30, 1951 35.1°F — May 12, 1960 4.68 in — May 3, 2009
June 100.9°F — Jun 13, 1953 45.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 9.80 in — Jun 8, 1974
July 111.0°F — Jul 24, 2011 50.0°F — Jul 15, 1967 7.93 in — Jul 16, 1961
August 109.0°F — Aug 20, 1999 46.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 5.00 in — Aug 17, 2016
September 109.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 32.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 4.82 in — Sep 1, 1974
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 1953 24.1°F — Oct 31, 1993 7.89 in — Oct 30, 2009
November 88.0°F — Nov 13, 1955 12.9°F — Nov 29, 1976 7.65 in — Nov 18, 1969
December 87.1°F — Dec 27, 2015 -2.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.83 in — Dec 20, 2017

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