All-time weather records — Kirksville, MO

Record high
113.0°F
July 15, 1936
Record low
-31.0°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
7.67 in
July 25, 2008

Climate change signal in Kirksville

7.4%

of Kirksville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
21
52
1900s
34
55
1910s
33
34
1920s
20
25
1930s
94
20
1940s
26
16
1950s
28
30
1960s
10
33
1970s
9
24
1980s
17
34
1990s
16
11
2000s
20
8
2010s
22
18
2020s
16
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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 24, 1950 -23.1°F — Jan 10, 1982 3.83 in — Jan 1, 1965
February 78.1°F — Mar 1, 1932 -31.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.00 in — Feb 23, 1999
March 90.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -13.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 3.45 in — Mar 18, 1898
April 93.0°F — Apr 10, 1930 8.1°F — Apr 1, 1899 4.80 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 100.9°F — May 30, 1934 21.9°F — May 4, 1907 5.50 in — May 19, 1898
June 106.0°F — Jun 28, 1936 28.9°F — Jun 18, 2000 5.32 in — Jun 25, 2015
July 113.0°F — Jul 15, 1936 35.1°F — Jul 23, 2000 7.67 in — Jul 25, 2008
August 111.0°F — Aug 9, 1934 39.9°F — Aug 28, 1986 7.38 in — Aug 5, 2023
September 104.0°F — Sep 4, 1913 25.0°F — Sep 28, 1942 6.62 in — Sep 10, 2014
October 96.1°F — Oct 25, 1899 1.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 4.50 in — Oct 3, 1973
November 88.0°F — Nov 7, 1912 -9.9°F — Nov 30, 1964 3.25 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 73.9°F — Dec 2, 1913 -23.1°F — Dec 28, 1924 3.34 in — Dec 15, 1971

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