All-time weather records — Hot Springs, AR

Record high
115.0°F
August 1, 1986
Record low
-11.0°F
February 18, 1910
Wettest day
12.97 in
May 20, 1990

Climate change signal in Hot Springs

4.4%

of Hot Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (16 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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 #
1870s
·
·
1880s
14
11
1890s
9
56
1900s
8
26
1910s
35
33
1920s
·
·
1930s
84
17
1940s
24
27
1950s
40
14
1960s
17
24
1970s
12
22
1980s
42
50
1990s
30
38
2000s
30
37
2010s
10
3
2020s
11
8

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 1889, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1875-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 23, 1943 -9.0°F — Jan 22, 1930 7.80 in — Jan 17, 1876
February 89.1°F — Feb 20, 1930 -11.0°F — Feb 18, 1910 5.54 in — Feb 15, 1956
March 93.0°F — Mar 9, 1911 7.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 4.61 in — Mar 30, 1945
April 97.0°F — Apr 21, 1987 24.1°F — Apr 8, 2007 7.25 in — Apr 9, 1913
May 102.9°F — May 31, 1934 30.9°F — May 1, 1909 12.97 in — May 20, 1990
June 111.9°F — Jun 20, 1936 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1889 5.40 in — Jun 17, 1997
July 114.1°F — Jul 31, 1986 51.1°F — Jul 1, 1891 8.35 in — Jul 16, 1963
August 115.0°F — Aug 1, 1986 45.0°F — Aug 24, 1891 8.64 in — Aug 31, 1888
September 111.9°F — Sep 1, 2000 35.1°F — Sep 27, 1942 6.65 in — Sep 3, 2008
October 99.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 19.9°F — Oct 14, 2006 5.65 in — Oct 19, 1984
November 88.0°F — Nov 10, 1934 14.0°F — Nov 13, 1907 7.24 in — Nov 19, 1988
December 82.0°F — Dec 24, 1889 -5.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 6.65 in — Dec 24, 2009

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