All-time weather records — Sparkman, AR

Record high
109.9°F
August 22, 1980
Record low
-9.9°F
January 30, 1966
Wettest day
24.76 in
March 23, 1984

Climate change signal in Sparkman

5.7%

of Sparkman's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
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1960s
43
67
1970s
98
74
1980s
81
70
1990s
49
48
2000s
44
65
2010s
49
42
2020s
2
·

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 1963, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1940-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 25, 1972 -9.9°F — Jan 30, 1966 4.50 in — Jan 6, 1991
February 95.0°F — Feb 19, 1986 10.0°F — Feb 11, 1981 5.92 in — Feb 12, 1950
March 90.0°F — Mar 21, 1987 10.9°F — Mar 4, 2002 24.76 in — Mar 23, 1984
April 93.9°F — Apr 1, 1974 24.1°F — Apr 7, 1971 9.49 in — Apr 4, 1997
May 99.0°F — May 26, 1964 32.0°F — May 4, 2013 4.71 in — May 3, 2009
June 104.0°F — Jun 26, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 7, 2002 5.35 in — Jun 12, 2003
July 108.0°F — Jul 18, 1980 52.0°F — Jul 5, 1968 4.25 in — Jul 31, 2009
August 109.9°F — Aug 22, 1980 48.0°F — Aug 13, 1967 5.00 in — Aug 17, 2016
September 109.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 34.0°F — Sep 23, 1983 6.81 in — Sep 3, 2008
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 8.75 in — Oct 7, 2008
November 84.9°F — Nov 24, 1999 10.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 3.80 in — Nov 27, 1984
December 79.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -4.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 8.17 in — Dec 26, 1987

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