All-time weather records — Ola, AR

Record high
111.9°F
August 4, 2011
Record low
-11.0°F
January 12, 1962
Wettest day
10.40 in
December 3, 1982

Climate change signal in Ola

12.8%

of Ola's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (47 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 #
1940s
58
42
1950s
104
68
1960s
41
80
1970s
12
44
1980s
32
81
1990s
14
24
2000s
29
11
2010s
46
2
2020s
30
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 1942, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1939-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 23, 1943 -11.0°F — Jan 12, 1962 4.10 in — Jan 3, 2015
February 87.1°F — Feb 13, 1962 -9.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.45 in — Feb 21, 1945
March 91.9°F — Mar 23, 2026 9.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 4.05 in — Mar 30, 1945
April 93.9°F — Apr 17, 2006 21.0°F — Apr 21, 1946 4.06 in — Apr 4, 1997
May 98.1°F — May 30, 2012 34.0°F — May 1, 1960 6.04 in — May 11, 2015
June 107.1°F — Jun 26, 2012 45.0°F — Jun 3, 1947 4.70 in — Jun 11, 2010
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 46.9°F — Jul 23, 1947 4.80 in — Jul 9, 1956
August 111.9°F — Aug 4, 2011 39.0°F — Aug 26, 1983 4.90 in — Aug 13, 1957
September 109.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 36.0°F — Sep 27, 1942 6.32 in — Sep 3, 2008
October 102.0°F — Oct 1, 1953 19.9°F — Oct 29, 1952 5.15 in — Oct 20, 1984
November 88.0°F — Nov 16, 2016 10.9°F — Nov 24, 1970 7.75 in — Nov 27, 1985
December 81.0°F — Dec 6, 1956 -2.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 10.40 in — Dec 3, 1982

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