All-time weather records — Mena, AR

Record high
111.9°F
August 10, 1936
Record low
-15.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
11.90 in
October 8, 1990

Climate change signal in Mena

4.4%

of Mena's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (16 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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
22
31
1900s
24
21
1910s
36
19
1920s
35
21
1930s
103
16
1940s
42
32
1950s
34
23
1960s
13
30
1970s
9
31
1980s
11
56
1990s
9
31
2000s
8
19
2010s
10
22
2020s
10
14

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 1891, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1890-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 23, 1943 -9.9°F — Jan 18, 1930 7.62 in — Jan 24, 1949
February 84.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 -15.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 4.80 in — Feb 21, 2018
March 90.0°F — Mar 31, 1974 6.1°F — Mar 3, 1943 6.10 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 98.1°F — Apr 13, 2001 21.0°F — Apr 24, 1903 4.88 in — Apr 21, 1927
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1934 30.9°F — May 1, 1903 7.07 in — May 31, 2013
June 105.1°F — Jun 22, 1936 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1983 6.42 in — Jun 26, 1999
July 109.9°F — Jul 8, 1897 48.0°F — Jul 24, 1904 6.72 in — Jul 28, 1991
August 111.9°F — Aug 10, 1936 46.9°F — Aug 24, 1891 7.57 in — Aug 13, 2020
September 107.1°F — Sep 8, 1925 34.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 5.12 in — Sep 30, 1954
October 100.0°F — Oct 1, 1938 19.9°F — Oct 30, 1917 11.90 in — Oct 8, 1990
November 84.9°F — Nov 5, 1891 12.9°F — Nov 13, 2019 5.56 in — Nov 28, 2015
December 87.1°F — Dec 5, 1987 -7.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.88 in — Dec 10, 1971

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