All-time weather records — Pocahontas, MO

Record high
111.9°F
July 24, 1934
Record low
-26.0°F
January 18, 1930
Wettest day
9.21 in
March 19, 2008

Climate change signal in Pocahontas

3.8%

of Pocahontas's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
·
·
1900s
32
38
1910s
84
50
1920s
36
73
1930s
62
37
1940s
19
29
1950s
54
29
1960s
10
34
1970s
9
17
1980s
18
36
1990s
9
10
2000s
8
7
2010s
20
5
2020s
5
1

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 1901, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1893-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 20, 1906 -26.0°F — Jan 18, 1930 5.43 in — Jan 14, 1937
February 82.0°F — Feb 28, 1918 -24.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.64 in — Feb 18, 2022
March 88.0°F — Mar 23, 1907 -2.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 9.21 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 93.9°F — Apr 24, 1919 21.0°F — Apr 3, 1987 3.92 in — Apr 28, 2014
May 99.0°F — May 28, 2018 28.9°F — May 1, 1903 5.80 in — May 13, 2002
June 108.0°F — Jun 16, 1990 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1930 6.03 in — Jun 11, 1958
July 111.9°F — Jul 24, 1934 44.1°F — Jul 23, 1947 6.45 in — Jul 20, 1905
August 111.0°F — Aug 8, 1934 39.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 6.11 in — Aug 14, 2016
September 109.9°F — Sep 6, 1925 3.9°F — Sep 28, 1995 4.75 in — Sep 21, 1945
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 1953 17.1°F — Oct 13, 1917 4.22 in — Oct 27, 2019
November 87.1°F — Nov 4, 1987 -6.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.97 in — Nov 15, 2005
December 75.0°F — Dec 4, 1916 -24.0°F — Dec 20, 1901 5.50 in — Dec 13, 1918

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