All-time weather records — Plattsburg, MO

Record high
107.1°F
August 9, 1988
Record low
-26.0°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
5.52 in
August 22, 2017

Climate change signal in Plattsburg

28.1%

of Plattsburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (103 of 366 records since 2015).

23%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (84 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 #
1980s
51
80
1990s
89
118
2000s
77
51
2010s
79
66
2020s
70
51

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 1986, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1981-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 29, 2013 -18.9°F — Jan 28, 1997 1.62 in — Jan 31, 2002
February 78.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -26.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.22 in — Feb 22, 1997
March 93.0°F — Mar 27, 2026 -9.0°F — Mar 12, 1998 2.40 in — Mar 8, 2009
April 91.9°F — Apr 30, 1987 8.1°F — Apr 1, 2021 4.62 in — Apr 27, 2016
May 93.0°F — May 13, 2022 28.0°F — May 5, 2021 4.46 in — May 19, 2004
June 102.9°F — Jun 25, 1988 41.0°F — Jun 4, 1990 3.08 in — Jun 17, 1996
July 104.0°F — Jul 19, 2012 45.0°F — Jul 2, 2021 3.85 in — Jul 7, 2015
August 107.1°F — Aug 9, 1988 41.0°F — Aug 29, 1988 5.52 in — Aug 22, 2017
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 24.1°F — Sep 29, 2020 3.86 in — Sep 9, 1989
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 1998 16.0°F — Oct 14, 2006 3.43 in — Oct 5, 1998
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1990 -2.9°F — Nov 8, 1991 2.35 in — Nov 2, 1998
December 73.0°F — Dec 5, 2001 -26.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.87 in — Dec 14, 1992

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