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Weather extremes

How extreme does Searcy's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Searcy has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Cabot station 42 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Searcy has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
112°F Jul 31, 1986

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Searcy (typical high near 92°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 112°F Jul 31, 1986
2 110°F Aug 4, 2011
3 110°F Jul 31, 2012
❄️ Coldest night
-7°F Dec 23, 1989

About 38°F colder than a normal December night in Searcy (typical low near 31°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -7°F Dec 23, 1989
2 -5°F Jan 20, 1985
3 -3°F Dec 24, 1989
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.76 in Nov 19, 1988

More rain in a single day than Searcy usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 5.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.76 in Nov 19, 1988
2 7.55 in Sep 17, 2009
3 5.75 in Apr 30, 2017
Most snow in one day
10.0 in Jan 7, 1988

Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (Searcy averages about 1 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 10.0 in Jan 7, 1988
2 10.0 in Dec 26, 2012
3 8.0 in Feb 9, 2010

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 112°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Searcy's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 112°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Searcy's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 112°F and as low as −7°F. A single day has delivered over 8 inches of rain or close to 10 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Cabot (NOAA GHCN station USC00031102), about 42 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →