All-time weather records — Horseshoe Lake, AR

Record high
106.0°F
August 30, 2000
Record low
-9.9°F
December 24, 1963
Wettest day
9.12 in
September 7, 2012

Climate change signal in Horseshoe Lake

7.9%

of Horseshoe Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1950s
3
13
1960s
74
140
1970s
52
52
1980s
58
60
1990s
51
72
2000s
67
13
2010s
61
16

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 1959, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1959-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 25, 1972 -5.1°F — Jan 12, 1962 3.80 in — Jan 12, 1989
February 81.0°F — Feb 14, 1962 1.9°F — Feb 3, 1996 5.25 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 86.0°F — Mar 14, 1967 7.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 5.45 in — Mar 10, 2016
April 93.9°F — Apr 19, 2006 27.0°F — Apr 7, 1996 7.94 in — Apr 27, 2011
May 98.1°F — May 31, 1977 37.0°F — May 4, 2013 5.35 in — May 20, 1990
June 100.9°F — Jun 30, 1988 46.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 6.16 in — Jun 1, 1974
July 105.1°F — Jul 14, 1980 53.1°F — Jul 15, 1967 4.90 in — Jul 25, 1959
August 106.0°F — Aug 30, 2000 50.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 5.21 in — Aug 14, 1982
September 106.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 6.1°F — Sep 8, 1992 9.12 in — Sep 7, 2012
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1998 27.0°F — Oct 25, 1965 5.07 in — Oct 7, 1984
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 15.1°F — Nov 24, 1970 6.80 in — Nov 29, 2001
December 80.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -9.9°F — Dec 24, 1963 4.68 in — Dec 4, 1982

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