All-time weather records — Watson, AR

Record high
105.1°F
July 15, 1980
Record low
-5.1°F
January 30, 1966
Wettest day
9.97 in
June 9, 2021

Climate change signal in Watson

6%

of Watson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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 #
1960s
72
112
1970s
48
71
1980s
89
77
1990s
64
52
2000s
49
26
2010s
33
19
2020s
11
9

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 1960, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1959-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 25, 1972 -5.1°F — Jan 30, 1966 5.31 in — Jan 2, 2025
February 82.9°F — Feb 27, 1986 7.0°F — Feb 3, 1985 6.50 in — Feb 9, 1966
March 89.1°F — Mar 31, 1966 16.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 7.21 in — Mar 10, 2016
April 95.0°F — Apr 28, 1987 28.0°F — Apr 4, 1987 5.20 in — Apr 5, 2025
May 98.1°F — May 31, 1977 39.0°F — May 3, 1978 4.65 in — May 6, 2003
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 1988 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1997 9.97 in — Jun 9, 2021
July 105.1°F — Jul 15, 1980 51.1°F — Jul 15, 1967 6.55 in — Jul 17, 2021
August 104.0°F — Aug 31, 2000 0.0°F — Aug 17, 1996 4.99 in — Aug 31, 2012
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 34.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 4.42 in — Sep 21, 2013
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 1998 26.1°F — Oct 27, 1961 4.75 in — Oct 26, 2019
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1984 0.0°F — Nov 11, 2000 4.98 in — Nov 24, 2000
December 82.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -4.0°F — Dec 24, 1963 5.50 in — Dec 3, 1983

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