All-time weather records — Fulton, MS

Record high
108.0°F
July 17, 1980
Record low
-14.1°F
January 30, 1966
Wettest day
9.15 in
March 16, 1973

Climate change signal in Fulton

0.5%

of Fulton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (2 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
39
12
1900s
·
·
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
28
25
1960s
57
106
1970s
60
71
1980s
96
76
1990s
25
26
2000s
47
28
2010s
14
22

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 1895, the latest in 2015. Period of observation: 1894-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 24, 1972 -14.1°F — Jan 30, 1966 4.29 in — Jan 23, 1999
February 84.9°F — Feb 23, 1996 0.0°F — Feb 8, 1895 5.96 in — Feb 19, 1991
March 87.1°F — Mar 12, 1967 9.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 9.15 in — Mar 16, 1973
April 93.9°F — Apr 21, 1987 25.0°F — Apr 11, 1973 5.24 in — Apr 11, 1962
May 96.1°F — May 25, 1896 30.9°F — May 4, 1976 7.85 in — May 30, 1938
June 102.0°F — Jun 22, 1964 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 5.34 in — Jun 12, 2005
July 108.0°F — Jul 17, 1980 48.0°F — Jul 15, 1967 6.16 in — Jul 7, 1916
August 108.0°F — Aug 29, 2000 41.0°F — Aug 16, 1998 7.35 in — Aug 15, 1961
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 1977 32.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 5.75 in — Sep 22, 2003
October 93.0°F — Oct 12, 1963 24.1°F — Oct 28, 1957 3.54 in — Oct 22, 1935
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1998 9.0°F — Nov 24, 1970 3.96 in — Nov 9, 2000
December 78.1°F — Dec 2, 1970 -4.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.28 in — Dec 21, 1990

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