All-time weather records — Scott City, MO

Record high
109.0°F
March 23, 1995
Record low
-18.0°F
January 11, 1977
Wettest day
11.49 in
March 18, 2008

Climate change signal in Scott City

17.8%

of Scott City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (65 of 366 records since 2015).

11.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (42 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 #
1960s
84
87
1970s
51
52
1980s
66
56
1990s
49
38
2000s
22
74
2010s
53
35
2020s
41
24

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 1960, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1960-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 23, 1967 -18.0°F — Jan 11, 1977 4.87 in — Jan 21, 1999
February 79.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -13.9°F — Feb 19, 2015 3.63 in — Feb 17, 2022
March 109.0°F — Mar 23, 1995 -7.8°F — Mar 6, 2015 11.49 in — Mar 18, 2008
April 91.0°F — Apr 27, 1989 18.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 5.54 in — Apr 29, 1983
May 97.0°F — May 24, 1996 30.0°F — May 17, 1968 6.64 in — May 15, 1986
June 107.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 1, 1972 4.16 in — Jun 25, 2018
July 106.0°F — Jul 5, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 27, 1962 5.81 in — Jul 19, 2001
August 105.1°F — Aug 4, 1964 45.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.93 in — Aug 13, 2002
September 100.0°F — Sep 6, 1960 33.1°F — Sep 30, 1999 4.66 in — Sep 2, 2003
October 93.9°F — Oct 1, 2019 22.1°F — Oct 20, 2022 3.87 in — Oct 26, 2019
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 8.1°F — Nov 29, 1976 6.05 in — Nov 19, 1991
December 75.9°F — Dec 2, 1982 -11.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.12 in — Dec 21, 2013

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