All-time weather records — Scranton, AR

Record high
117.0°F
August 10, 1936
Record low
-17.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
7.36 in
September 22, 2025

Climate change signal in Scranton

6.6%

of Scranton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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
6
20
1900s
28
37
1910s
31
46
1920s
60
26
1930s
74
26
1940s
16
24
1950s
69
46
1960s
18
39
1970s
11
19
1980s
13
37
1990s
1
14
2000s
7
8
2010s
19
13
2020s
13
11

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 11, 1909 -16.1°F — Jan 12, 1918 5.55 in — Jan 24, 1949
February 95.0°F — Feb 27, 1917 -17.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 3.06 in — Feb 27, 1945
March 95.0°F — Mar 24, 1929 7.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 4.45 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 98.1°F — Apr 29, 1911 24.1°F — Apr 5, 1920 5.80 in — Apr 16, 1939
May 102.9°F — May 31, 1934 30.0°F — May 1, 1903 6.62 in — May 10, 1943
June 109.9°F — Jun 22, 1936 45.0°F — Jun 1, 1983 4.87 in — Jun 13, 1928
July 115.0°F — Jul 29, 1930 50.0°F — Jul 5, 1906 5.48 in — Jul 16, 1970
August 117.0°F — Aug 10, 1936 46.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 5.92 in — Aug 19, 1915
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1939 34.0°F — Sep 27, 1942 7.36 in — Sep 22, 2025
October 100.0°F — Oct 1, 1953 21.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 4.31 in — Oct 29, 1991
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 12.9°F — Nov 17, 1959 5.50 in — Nov 5, 1994
December 81.0°F — Dec 25, 1955 -4.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.65 in — Dec 3, 1982

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