All-time weather records — Madison, MO

Record high
111.9°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-20.9°F
January 10, 1982
Wettest day
8.28 in
April 21, 1973

Climate change signal in Madison

6%

of Madison's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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
58
23
1940s
49
51
1950s
59
63
1960s
30
65
1970s
33
70
1980s
56
29
1990s
22
14
2000s
17
25
2010s
37
23
2020s
5
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 1936, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 1936-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 20, 1987 -20.9°F — Jan 10, 1982 2.21 in — Jan 8, 2008
February 82.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -18.9°F — Feb 14, 2020 3.15 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 87.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -11.9°F — Mar 5, 1960 5.43 in — Mar 27, 2018
April 91.9°F — Apr 20, 1987 10.0°F — Apr 6, 1983 8.28 in — Apr 21, 1973
May 96.1°F — May 29, 1937 28.0°F — May 10, 1966 3.92 in — May 24, 1995
June 102.0°F — Jun 24, 1988 39.9°F — Jun 4, 1945 4.72 in — Jun 28, 2007
July 111.9°F — Jul 14, 1954 48.0°F — Jul 6, 1972 8.09 in — Jul 9, 1967
August 108.0°F — Aug 15, 1936 44.1°F — Aug 20, 1950 6.50 in — Aug 2, 2023
September 102.0°F — Sep 10, 1938 32.0°F — Sep 17, 1937 5.56 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 96.1°F — Oct 15, 1938 18.0°F — Oct 19, 1972 4.08 in — Oct 3, 1986
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1938 -4.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 3.08 in — Nov 1, 1977
December 73.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -20.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.94 in — Dec 2, 1982

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