All-time weather records — Helena-West Helena, AR

Record high
113.0°F
September 6, 1925
Record low
-9.0°F
January 18, 1930
Wettest day
10.05 in
May 28, 1893

Climate change signal in Helena-West Helena

1.6%

of Helena-West Helena's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (6 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
·
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1900s
23
15
1910s
27
13
1920s
118
33
1930s
53
52
1940s
15
48
1950s
42
14
1960s
17
76
1970s
7
34
1980s
17
32
1990s
9
15
2000s
29
16
2010s
6
12
2020s
3
6

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 1904, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 30, 1975 -9.0°F — Jan 18, 1930 5.20 in — Jan 8, 1930
February 82.0°F — Feb 15, 1911 -2.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 5.55 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 91.9°F — Mar 29, 1928 10.9°F — Mar 3, 1943 5.80 in — Mar 12, 1927
April 95.0°F — Apr 21, 1925 12.0°F — Apr 22, 2010 5.00 in — Apr 27, 2011
May 102.9°F — May 28, 1926 28.0°F — May 30, 2009 10.05 in — May 28, 1893
June 108.0°F — Jun 20, 1925 21.9°F — Jun 24, 1968 6.91 in — Jun 24, 1980
July 111.0°F — Jul 28, 1930 48.9°F — Jul 15, 1967 6.00 in — Jul 22, 1980
August 108.0°F — Aug 19, 1925 48.0°F — Aug 28, 1967 5.70 in — Aug 14, 1982
September 113.0°F — Sep 6, 1925 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 5.09 in — Sep 27, 1959
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 1925 25.0°F — Oct 25, 1965 5.71 in — Oct 7, 1984
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1937 12.0°F — Nov 15, 1940 6.33 in — Nov 28, 2001
December 81.0°F — Dec 16, 1924 -4.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 5.75 in — Dec 4, 1978

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