All-time weather records — Fordland, MO

Record high
109.9°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-20.0°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
90.00 in
October 28, 1982

Climate change signal in Fordland

19.1%

of Fordland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (70 of 366 records since 2015).

10.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (39 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 #
1900s
2
8
1910s
11
14
1940s
7
12
1950s
91
66
1960s
38
48
1970s
25
53
1980s
52
66
1990s
18
29
2000s
32
15
2010s
40
32
2020s
50
23

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 1908, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1908-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 11, 1911 -20.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 3.80 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 82.9°F — Feb 28, 2024 -17.0°F — Feb 18, 1910 2.40 in — Feb 1, 2002
March 91.9°F — Mar 22, 2026 -7.1°F — Mar 12, 1948 3.61 in — Mar 13, 2021
April 91.0°F — Apr 20, 1987 19.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 5.47 in — Apr 30, 2017
May 95.0°F — May 19, 1972 28.9°F — May 1, 1909 5.25 in — May 8, 1909
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 1952 41.0°F — Jun 4, 1982 4.71 in — Jun 19, 2015
July 109.9°F — Jul 14, 1954 45.0°F — Jul 4, 1909 4.28 in — Jul 24, 1998
August 104.0°F — Aug 3, 1964 45.0°F — Aug 21, 1950 5.01 in — Aug 3, 2013
September 102.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 30.9°F — Sep 22, 1995 6.67 in — Sep 2, 2010
October 93.0°F — Oct 1, 1953 18.0°F — Oct 29, 1952 90.00 in — Oct 28, 1982
November 84.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 3.0°F — Nov 17, 1959 5.30 in — Nov 25, 1987
December 81.0°F — Dec 28, 2025 -18.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.68 in — Dec 17, 1957

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