All-time weather records — Princeton, MO

Record high
111.0°F
July 24, 1901
Record low
-27.9°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
6.30 in
June 25, 2021

Climate change signal in Princeton

10.4%

of Princeton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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
65
34
1900s
43
26
1920s
·
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1950s
54
56
1960s
40
67
1970s
16
44
1980s
46
62
1990s
19
29
2000s
24
7
2010s
34
28
2020s
25
13

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 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 31, 1989 -26.0°F — Jan 12, 1974 2.50 in — Jan 12, 1898
February 77.0°F — Feb 23, 2017 -27.9°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.50 in — Feb 13, 2007
March 89.1°F — Mar 27, 2026 -25.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 3.45 in — Mar 4, 1976
April 96.1°F — Apr 29, 1901 8.1°F — Apr 2, 2018 3.25 in — Apr 16, 1992
May 97.0°F — May 26, 1953 28.0°F — May 2, 1961 3.90 in — May 29, 2019
June 106.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 37.0°F — Jun 3, 1969 6.30 in — Jun 25, 2021
July 111.0°F — Jul 24, 1901 42.1°F — Jul 5, 1972 5.42 in — Jul 11, 1993
August 109.9°F — Aug 29, 1984 35.1°F — Aug 28, 1986 4.95 in — Aug 2, 2023
September 102.0°F — Sep 5, 1899 25.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 5.12 in — Sep 22, 2010
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 12.9°F — Oct 29, 1952 3.70 in — Oct 24, 2021
November 84.0°F — Nov 5, 1893 -11.9°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.90 in — Nov 5, 2022
December 73.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -25.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.00 in — Dec 7, 1980

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