All-time weather records — Leadwood, MO

Record high
114.1°F
August 9, 1934
Record low
-29.0°F
February 4, 1944
Wettest day
6.47 in
September 12, 1934

Climate change signal in Leadwood

5.5%

of Leadwood's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (20 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 #
1900s
9
9
1910s
11
8
1920s
52
38
1930s
99
14
1940s
25
35
1950s
43
52
1960s
30
74
1970s
14
49
1980s
19
55
1990s
8
14
2000s
10
7
2010s
32
8
2020s
14
3

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 1907, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1906-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 24, 1943 -23.1°F — Jan 11, 1977 3.89 in — Jan 4, 1950
February 88.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -29.0°F — Feb 4, 1944 3.00 in — Feb 26, 1910
March 93.9°F — Mar 24, 1929 -11.0°F — Mar 6, 1960 4.14 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 93.0°F — Apr 1, 2012 16.0°F — Apr 10, 1960 4.78 in — Apr 30, 2017
May 97.0°F — May 22, 1925 27.0°F — May 2, 1961 4.40 in — May 13, 1935
June 106.0°F — Jun 22, 1930 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.95 in — Jun 30, 1957
July 111.0°F — Jul 25, 1934 42.1°F — Jul 23, 1947 4.43 in — Jul 16, 2021
August 114.1°F — Aug 9, 1934 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.75 in — Aug 3, 2023
September 107.1°F — Sep 6, 1925 19.9°F — Sep 30, 1907 6.47 in — Sep 12, 1934
October 96.1°F — Oct 2, 1953 16.0°F — Oct 30, 1980 4.97 in — Oct 30, 1942
November 84.0°F — Nov 11, 1989 -7.1°F — Nov 14, 1986 4.16 in — Nov 18, 2003
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 2021 -17.0°F — Dec 24, 1983 3.90 in — Dec 3, 1982

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