All-time weather records — Fairfax, MO

Record high
113.0°F
July 25, 1936
Record low
-27.9°F
January 4, 1947
Wettest day
5.75 in
June 25, 1942

Climate change signal in Fairfax

0%

of Fairfax's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1910s
47
38
1920s
35
39
1930s
112
32
1940s
23
52
1950s
41
35
1960s
36
44
1970s
16
52
1980s
24
27
1990s
10
33
2000s
22
14

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 1912, the latest in 2007. Period of observation: 1912-2008.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 2, 1913 -27.9°F — Jan 4, 1947 1.55 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 79.0°F — Feb 24, 1930 -24.0°F — Feb 8, 1971 2.20 in — Feb 13, 1919
March 88.0°F — Mar 21, 1938 -20.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 3.30 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 95.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 6.1°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.23 in — Apr 13, 1955
May 102.9°F — May 29, 1934 8.1°F — May 2, 1954 3.95 in — May 31, 1917
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 1934 37.0°F — Jun 3, 1946 5.75 in — Jun 25, 1942
July 113.0°F — Jul 25, 1936 42.1°F — Jul 5, 1972 5.46 in — Jul 8, 1987
August 111.9°F — Aug 9, 1934 37.0°F — Aug 29, 1946 4.70 in — Aug 3, 1945
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 1922 25.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 4.34 in — Sep 7, 1941
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1938 -2.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.85 in — Oct 31, 1941
November 84.0°F — Nov 4, 1987 -8.0°F — Nov 8, 1991 3.26 in — Nov 23, 1931
December 73.0°F — Dec 2, 1913 -24.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.20 in — Dec 15, 1995

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