All-time weather records — Poplar Bluff, MO

Record high
113.0°F
July 20, 2012
Record low
-25.1°F
February 13, 1899
Wettest day
9.00 in
May 21, 2016

Climate change signal in Poplar Bluff

5.2%

of Poplar Bluff's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (19 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
18
44
1900s
25
23
1910s
27
41
1920s
63
71
1930s
53
30
1940s
55
31
1950s
46
34
1960s
11
35
1970s
7
21
1980s
15
13
1990s
5
12
2000s
6
4
2010s
27
3
2020s
8
4

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 1893, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 24, 1943 -23.1°F — Jan 18, 1930 5.72 in — Jan 30, 1969
February 82.9°F — Feb 13, 1962 -25.1°F — Feb 13, 1899 3.90 in — Feb 23, 1979
March 91.9°F — Mar 24, 1929 0.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 6.60 in — Mar 28, 1977
April 93.9°F — Apr 27, 1927 19.9°F — Apr 5, 1921 5.25 in — Apr 28, 2014
May 100.0°F — May 30, 1934 28.0°F — May 1, 1903 9.00 in — May 21, 2016
June 109.9°F — Jun 20, 1936 41.0°F — Jun 16, 1917 4.78 in — Jun 26, 2024
July 113.0°F — Jul 20, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 23, 1947 5.52 in — Jul 4, 1937
August 111.9°F — Aug 9, 1930 44.1°F — Aug 28, 1967 5.67 in — Aug 23, 1942
September 108.0°F — Sep 7, 1925 30.9°F — Sep 30, 1899 6.17 in — Sep 2, 1936
October 96.1°F — Oct 2, 1953 3.9°F — Oct 20, 2008 4.91 in — Oct 6, 1998
November 84.9°F — Nov 4, 1924 0.0°F — Nov 15, 1896 3.34 in — Nov 20, 1931
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 2021 -17.0°F — Dec 15, 1916 6.98 in — Dec 14, 2013

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