All-time weather records — Higginson, AR

Record high
115.0°F
August 4, 1918
Record low
-20.0°F
January 12, 1918
Wettest day
6.74 in
November 19, 1988

Climate change signal in Higginson

2.7%

of Higginson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (10 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
13
22
1910s
20
35
1920s
79
54
1930s
54
25
1940s
20
38
1950s
55
19
1960s
24
34
1970s
14
27
1980s
37
45
1990s
16
24
2000s
15
25
2010s
14
8
2020s
5
10

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 2025. Period of observation: 1892-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 87.1°F — Jan 25, 1950 -20.0°F — Jan 12, 1918 5.96 in — Jan 30, 1969
February 86.0°F — Feb 25, 1918 -9.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.47 in — Feb 18, 1938
March 91.0°F — Mar 24, 1929 9.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 5.40 in — Mar 31, 2016
April 97.0°F — Apr 19, 2006 19.9°F — Apr 19, 1918 5.08 in — Apr 30, 2017
May 99.0°F — May 30, 1934 34.0°F — May 4, 2013 6.26 in — May 17, 2003
June 109.0°F — Jun 20, 1936 44.1°F — Jun 3, 1969 4.40 in — Jun 27, 1960
July 111.9°F — Jul 13, 1954 51.1°F — Jul 2, 1924 4.33 in — Jul 30, 1957
August 115.0°F — Aug 4, 1918 46.0°F — Aug 24, 1923 5.33 in — Aug 19, 1915
September 111.0°F — Sep 7, 1925 30.9°F — Sep 30, 1895 5.47 in — Sep 10, 1962
October 100.0°F — Oct 31, 1922 21.9°F — Oct 30, 1917 4.89 in — Oct 30, 2009
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1937 10.9°F — Nov 24, 1970 6.74 in — Nov 19, 1988
December 81.0°F — Dec 31, 1951 -18.9°F — Dec 9, 1917 5.86 in — Dec 4, 1952

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