All-time weather records — Sulphur Springs, AR

Record high
114.1°F
July 19, 1936
Record low
-29.0°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
8.42 in
October 6, 2019

Climate change signal in Sulphur Springs

10.7%

of Sulphur Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (39 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
2
10
1900s
37
52
1910s
25
41
1920s
17
33
1930s
83
14
1940s
18
28
1950s
44
40
1960s
15
41
1970s
10
31
1980s
16
35
1990s
16
24
2000s
22
9
2010s
28
3
2020s
33
5

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 1898, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1898-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 1, 1952 -24.0°F — Jan 18, 1930 5.47 in — Jan 21, 1904
February 88.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 -29.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 6.15 in — Feb 17, 1938
March 91.9°F — Mar 20, 1907 -14.1°F — Mar 12, 1948 6.27 in — Mar 18, 2008
April 95.0°F — Apr 17, 2006 15.1°F — Apr 6, 1920 5.62 in — Apr 25, 2011
May 99.0°F — May 28, 1953 24.1°F — May 1, 1903 8.00 in — May 21, 1917
June 106.0°F — Jun 22, 1936 5.0°F — Jun 6, 1996 4.08 in — Jun 10, 1941
July 114.1°F — Jul 19, 1936 44.1°F — Jul 3, 1924 6.40 in — Jul 31, 1905
August 114.1°F — Aug 3, 2011 42.1°F — Aug 21, 1915 5.29 in — Aug 4, 1931
September 108.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 27, 1942 5.90 in — Sep 30, 1986
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 1953 12.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 8.42 in — Oct 6, 2019
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 1937 3.9°F — Nov 17, 1959 6.03 in — Nov 24, 1973
December 81.0°F — Dec 27, 2025 -20.9°F — Dec 9, 1917 6.90 in — Dec 27, 2015

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