All-time weather records — Shannon, MS

Record high
106.0°F
August 16, 2007
Record low
-4.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
10.10 in
July 29, 2009

Climate change signal in Shannon

26.8%

of Shannon's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (98 of 366 records since 2015).

9.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (36 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 #
1980s
28
55
1990s
94
115
2000s
103
103
2010s
123
78
2020s
18
15

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 1987, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1987-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 3, 2000 5.0°F — Jan 29, 2014 5.50 in — Jan 23, 1999
February 82.0°F — Feb 24, 2012 3.0°F — Feb 4, 1996 4.07 in — Feb 11, 1994
March 88.0°F — Mar 16, 2016 14.0°F — Mar 9, 1996 4.30 in — Mar 26, 2009
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1987 27.0°F — Apr 3, 1992 4.51 in — Apr 2, 2000
May 99.0°F — May 8, 1993 37.0°F — May 4, 2013 4.38 in — May 27, 1991
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 48.9°F — Jun 2, 1993 3.40 in — Jun 12, 2005
July 104.0°F — Jul 20, 2006 52.0°F — Jul 6, 2008 10.10 in — Jul 29, 2009
August 106.0°F — Aug 16, 2007 53.1°F — Aug 14, 2004 5.41 in — Aug 30, 2005
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 2000 41.0°F — Sep 26, 2001 5.25 in — Sep 27, 2002
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 1998 28.0°F — Oct 22, 1987 4.00 in — Oct 13, 2014
November 90.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 18.0°F — Nov 5, 1991 4.51 in — Nov 9, 2000
December 80.1°F — Dec 25, 2015 -4.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.50 in — Dec 21, 1990

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