All-time weather records — Ethel, MS

Record high
109.0°F
June 22, 1899
Record low
-14.1°F
January 27, 1940
Wettest day
9.97 in
April 4, 2001

Climate change signal in Ethel

3%

of Ethel's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (11 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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
14
14
1900s
40
14
1910s
40
40
1920s
66
18
1930s
80
28
1940s
32
40
1950s
32
38
1960s
9
42
1970s
11
41
1980s
18
44
1990s
5
28
2000s
3
8
2010s
16
11
2020s
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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 1893, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 23, 1943 -14.1°F — Jan 27, 1940 5.16 in — Jan 6, 1950
February 84.9°F — Feb 25, 1918 -8.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 5.75 in — Feb 7, 1903
March 91.9°F — Mar 24, 1929 10.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 8.12 in — Mar 28, 1951
April 98.1°F — Apr 30, 1900 24.1°F — Apr 3, 1987 9.97 in — Apr 4, 2001
May 102.0°F — May 28, 1926 36.0°F — May 4, 2013 4.68 in — May 5, 1908
June 109.0°F — Jun 22, 1899 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 5.16 in — Jun 10, 2021
July 108.0°F — Jul 12, 1930 51.1°F — Jul 23, 1947 4.85 in — Jul 14, 1951
August 109.0°F — Aug 8, 1935 50.0°F — Aug 31, 1946 5.40 in — Aug 16, 1964
September 109.0°F — Sep 6, 1925 37.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 6.27 in — Sep 26, 2005
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1904 19.9°F — Oct 30, 1952 6.53 in — Oct 17, 2006
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 1935 12.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.85 in — Nov 8, 2000
December 84.0°F — Dec 7, 1951 0.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 5.23 in — Dec 12, 1956

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