All-time weather records — Licking, MO

Record high
114.1°F
July 15, 1954
Record low
-24.0°F
January 17, 1977
Wettest day
8.60 in
November 5, 2024

Climate change signal in Licking

13.1%

of Licking's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (48 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 #
1930s
32
9
1940s
46
53
1950s
74
47
1960s
29
69
1970s
20
64
1980s
40
63
1990s
29
28
2000s
26
16
2010s
31
5
2020s
39
12

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 1936, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1936-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 24, 1943 -24.0°F — Jan 17, 1977 3.35 in — Jan 1, 1948
February 84.9°F — Feb 28, 2024 -18.9°F — Feb 9, 1979 3.05 in — Feb 21, 1945
March 89.1°F — Mar 29, 1945 -17.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 3.74 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 91.9°F — Apr 1, 1946 16.0°F — Apr 4, 1987 4.72 in — Apr 30, 2017
May 96.1°F — May 13, 2022 25.0°F — May 2, 1978 4.05 in — May 10, 1950
June 106.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1972 3.63 in — Jun 10, 1950
July 114.1°F — Jul 15, 1954 41.0°F — Jul 21, 1944 4.34 in — Jul 28, 1979
August 106.0°F — Aug 1, 1980 37.9°F — Aug 28, 1967 6.40 in — Aug 6, 2013
September 104.0°F — Sep 4, 1954 28.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 5.45 in — Sep 5, 1965
October 93.0°F — Oct 1, 1952 10.9°F — Oct 29, 1952 5.55 in — Oct 1, 1986
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -0.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 8.60 in — Nov 5, 2024
December 78.1°F — Dec 3, 2021 -18.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.00 in — Dec 3, 1982

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