All-time weather records — Sikeston, MO

Record high
109.9°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-11.9°F
February 2, 1951
Wettest day
10.00 in
February 17, 2015

Climate change signal in Sikeston

15%

of Sikeston's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
69
77
1960s
48
104
1970s
38
64
1980s
43
46
1990s
23
35
2000s
29
23
2010s
93
14
2020s
23
3

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 1950, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1950-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 24, 1967 -9.9°F — Jan 11, 1977 4.65 in — Jan 30, 1969
February 78.1°F — Feb 28, 1996 -11.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 10.00 in — Feb 17, 2015
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -4.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 6.75 in — Mar 5, 2015
April 96.1°F — Apr 12, 2018 24.1°F — Apr 10, 1960 4.08 in — Apr 28, 2014
May 100.9°F — May 27, 2012 30.9°F — May 5, 1976 3.51 in — May 1, 2009
June 109.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 46.0°F — Jun 2, 1956 4.48 in — Jun 30, 1957
July 107.1°F — Jul 1, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 27, 1962 4.00 in — Jul 18, 1988
August 106.0°F — Aug 4, 1964 41.0°F — Aug 29, 1965 6.50 in — Aug 4, 2023
September 102.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 34.0°F — Sep 23, 1989 5.92 in — Sep 11, 1965
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 29, 1952 4.40 in — Oct 15, 1992
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 2016 1.9°F — Nov 24, 1950 4.80 in — Nov 13, 1957
December 73.9°F — Dec 31, 1951 -11.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.35 in — Dec 22, 2013

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