All-time weather records — Rector, AR

Record high
111.9°F
July 12, 1980
Record low
-11.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.66 in
August 14, 1957

Climate change signal in Rector

0%

of Rector's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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 #
1950s
75
49
1960s
65
96
1970s
43
85
1980s
101
64
1990s
39
42
2000s
38
21
2010s
5
9

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 1953, the latest in 2012. Period of observation: 1953-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 4, 1955 -11.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 7.96 in — Jan 1, 1966
February 80.1°F — Feb 13, 1962 -4.0°F — Feb 9, 1979 4.00 in — Feb 25, 2011
March 86.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 0.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 4.25 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 93.9°F — Apr 19, 2006 24.1°F — Apr 10, 1960 4.90 in — Apr 19, 1973
May 98.1°F — May 29, 1953 33.1°F — May 6, 2013 5.25 in — May 2, 2011
June 105.1°F — Jun 24, 1988 43.0°F — Jun 23, 1974 4.19 in — Jun 12, 1989
July 111.9°F — Jul 12, 1980 50.0°F — Jul 6, 1972 4.71 in — Jul 4, 1976
August 109.0°F — Aug 17, 2007 46.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 9.66 in — Aug 14, 1957
September 106.0°F — Sep 10, 1980 34.0°F — Sep 23, 1974 4.45 in — Sep 30, 1988
October 97.0°F — Oct 11, 1963 24.1°F — Oct 24, 1981 6.00 in — Oct 6, 1998
November 87.1°F — Nov 5, 1987 12.0°F — Nov 23, 1964 5.49 in — Nov 24, 1973
December 78.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -6.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.75 in — Dec 5, 2011

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