All-time weather records — Jackson, AL

Record high
104.0°F
July 15, 2000
Record low
1.0°F
December 5, 2016
Wettest day
10.18 in
December 10, 1961

Climate change signal in Jackson

27%

of Jackson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (99 of 366 records since 2015).

15.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (57 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 #
1960s
·
2
1970s
·
·
1980s
63
72
1990s
94
80
2000s
86
104
2010s
68
87
2020s
55
21

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 1984, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1961-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 3, 2006 3.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 7.08 in — Jan 3, 2017
February 86.0°F — Feb 21, 2026 10.9°F — Feb 3, 1996 4.48 in — Feb 5, 1975
March 89.1°F — Mar 26, 2023 18.0°F — Mar 1, 2002 6.38 in — Mar 15, 1990
April 95.0°F — Apr 23, 1987 28.9°F — Apr 1, 1987 6.06 in — Apr 15, 2018
May 96.1°F — May 23, 1996 39.0°F — May 5, 2004 8.00 in — May 17, 1980
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 1986 46.0°F — Jun 8, 2019 5.70 in — Jun 26, 1980
July 104.0°F — Jul 15, 2000 55.9°F — Jul 2, 1990 4.21 in — Jul 1, 2003
August 104.0°F — Aug 12, 2007 55.0°F — Aug 15, 2004 5.00 in — Aug 3, 1995
September 99.0°F — Sep 2, 1989 35.1°F — Sep 16, 1991 8.76 in — Sep 28, 1998
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 28, 2001 6.87 in — Oct 31, 1967
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 2016 18.0°F — Nov 25, 2019 4.05 in — Nov 29, 2008
December 86.0°F — Dec 1, 2010 1.0°F — Dec 5, 2016 10.18 in — Dec 10, 1961

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