All-time weather records — Monticello, MS

Record high
109.9°F
July 22, 1997
Record low
3.0°F
January 27, 1940
Wettest day
10.75 in
April 13, 1974

Climate change signal in Monticello

4.9%

of Monticello's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
12
8
1910s
59
57
1920s
53
47
1930s
49
29
1940s
21
25
1950s
49
29
1960s
7
61
1970s
16
35
1980s
11
29
1990s
17
26
2000s
25
16
2010s
47
4
2020s
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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 2017. Period of observation: 1907-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 31, 1915 3.0°F — Jan 27, 1940 6.25 in — Jan 28, 1994
February 93.9°F — Feb 14, 1914 8.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 5.10 in — Feb 3, 1956
March 91.0°F — Mar 11, 1911 14.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.38 in — Mar 15, 1995
April 96.1°F — Apr 20, 2006 28.0°F — Apr 4, 1987 10.75 in — Apr 13, 1974
May 102.0°F — May 29, 2011 35.1°F — May 1, 1925 7.90 in — May 13, 1990
June 106.0°F — Jun 5, 2011 45.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 5.60 in — Jun 14, 1956
July 109.9°F — Jul 22, 1997 53.1°F — Jul 2, 1918 4.22 in — Jul 5, 2007
August 108.0°F — Aug 9, 2015 50.0°F — Aug 16, 1929 7.68 in — Aug 30, 2012
September 107.1°F — Sep 6, 1925 36.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 4.60 in — Sep 30, 1915
October 98.1°F — Oct 5, 1998 17.1°F — Oct 24, 1999 6.25 in — Oct 24, 2020
November 99.0°F — Nov 2, 1910 10.9°F — Nov 30, 2003 6.53 in — Nov 1, 1929
December 84.9°F — Dec 3, 1982 5.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 8.10 in — Dec 4, 1982

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