All-time weather records — Sedalia, MO

Record high
116.1°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-29.9°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
6.50 in
July 21, 1996

Climate change signal in Sedalia

8.2%

of Sedalia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (30 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
36
29
1900s
22
21
1930s
38
5
1940s
45
26
1950s
69
26
1960s
29
21
1970s
23
64
1980s
29
69
1990s
17
55
2000s
18
24
2010s
21
13
2020s
19
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 77.0°F — Jan 24, 1950 -23.1°F — Jan 12, 1974 3.05 in — Jan 30, 2013
February 78.1°F — Feb 28, 2024 -29.9°F — Feb 12, 1899 6.00 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 91.9°F — Mar 27, 2026 -17.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 3.00 in — Mar 4, 1976
April 91.9°F — Apr 14, 1940 15.1°F — Apr 4, 1899 5.80 in — Apr 16, 1960
May 96.1°F — May 23, 1939 26.1°F — May 6, 1898 3.41 in — May 18, 1995
June 105.1°F — Jun 28, 1980 39.9°F — Jun 14, 1942 6.10 in — Jun 1, 2022
July 116.1°F — Jul 14, 1954 37.0°F — Jul 27, 1983 6.50 in — Jul 21, 1996
August 107.1°F — Aug 1, 1980 35.1°F — Aug 3, 1995 4.68 in — Aug 6, 2017
September 107.1°F — Sep 3, 1939 27.0°F — Sep 29, 1899 4.70 in — Sep 18, 1986
October 97.0°F — Oct 16, 1897 17.1°F — Oct 20, 2022 5.54 in — Oct 4, 1973
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1937 -6.0°F — Nov 9, 1991 2.51 in — Nov 2, 1983
December 75.0°F — Dec 13, 1948 -27.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.55 in — Dec 2, 1982

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