All-time weather records — Waynesville, MO

Record high
115.0°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-25.1°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
6.18 in
December 27, 2015

Climate change signal in Waynesville

12.3%

of Waynesville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (45 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
24
11
1950s
111
80
1960s
53
75
1970s
40
61
1980s
41
102
1990s
14
19
2000s
33
8
2010s
24
5
2020s
26
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 1941, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1941-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 7, 1965 -23.1°F — Jan 20, 1985 3.52 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 84.9°F — Feb 13, 1962 -23.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.86 in — Feb 24, 2001
March 88.0°F — Mar 21, 2017 -14.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 3.83 in — Mar 25, 1945
April 99.0°F — Apr 24, 1965 12.9°F — Apr 11, 1989 4.38 in — Apr 30, 2017
May 96.1°F — May 13, 2022 24.1°F — May 1, 1960 4.12 in — May 31, 1956
June 104.0°F — Jun 13, 1953 35.1°F — Jun 1, 1972 4.52 in — Jun 17, 1985
July 115.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 42.1°F — Jul 6, 1972 5.21 in — Jul 22, 2019
August 107.1°F — Aug 19, 1962 36.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 5.92 in — Aug 21, 2007
September 104.0°F — Sep 4, 1954 24.1°F — Sep 24, 1989 5.25 in — Sep 4, 2008
October 97.0°F — Oct 10, 1963 10.9°F — Oct 29, 1952 4.14 in — Oct 9, 2009
November 87.1°F — Nov 9, 2005 -2.9°F — Nov 8, 1951 5.15 in — Nov 18, 2015
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 2021 -25.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.18 in — Dec 27, 2015

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