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Poplar Bluff, MO 36.770°N, 90.322°W · station POFthr · 134 years of record
93°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2015
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Poplar Bluff.
87° MON 7/13 87° TUE 7/14 88° WED 7/15 89° THU 7/16 91° FRI 7/17 93° SAT 7/18 92° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #52 / 116
warmest Jul 18 in 116 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 109°F
set in 1901
Coolest Jul 18 ever 78°F
set in 2002
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Poplar Bluff. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
78 94 109 1894: 87°F 1895: 91°F 1899: 88°F 1900: 85°F 1901: 109°F 1902: 96°F 1915: 95°F 1916: 98°F 1917: 85°F 1918: 83°F 1919: 95°F 1920: 94°F 1921: 97°F 1922: 89°F 1923: 93°F 1924: 92°F 1925: 95°F 1926: 99°F 1927: 93°F 1928: 86°F 1929: 94°F 1930: 91°F 1931: 88°F 1932: 99°F 1933: 85°F 1934: 101°F 1935: 93°F 1936: 94°F 1937: 80°F 1938: 79°F 1939: 97°F 1940: 86°F 1941: 92°F 1942: 103°F 1943: 96°F 1944: 101°F 1945: 91°F 1946: 98°F 1947: 91°F 1948: 97°F 1949: 91°F 1950: 85°F 1951: 95°F 1952: 92°F 1953: 86°F 1954: 98°F 1955: 89°F 1956: 93°F 1957: 95°F 1958: 94°F 1959: 89°F 1960: 87°F 1961: 95°F 1962: 88°F 1963: 92°F 1964: 95°F 1965: 90°F 1966: 96°F 1967: 85°F 1968: 93°F 1969: 99°F 1970: 91°F 1971: 92°F 1972: 82°F 1973: 90°F 1974: 94°F 1975: 93°F 1976: 88°F 1977: 97°F 1978: 91°F 1979: 86°F 1980: 108°F 1982: 94°F 1983: 95°F 1984: 89°F 1985: 90°F 1986: 97°F 1987: 91°F 1988: 98°F 1989: 86°F 1990: 92°F 1991: 96°F 1992: 86°F 1993: 96°F 1994: 88°F 1995: 91°F 1996: 91°F 1997: 93°F 1998: 96°F 1999: 93°F 2000: 81°F 2001: 96°F 2002: 78°F 2003: 85°F 2004: 88°F 2005: 87°F 2006: 93°F 2007: 91°F 2008: 91°F 2009: 80°F 2010: 88°F 2011: 94°F 2012: 94°F 2013: 96°F 2014: 79°F 2015: 93°F 2016: 91°F 2017: 91°F 2018: 89°F 2019: 91°F 2020: 90°F 2021: 83°F 2022: 88°F 2023: 82°F 2024: 86°F 2025: 90°F 93° forecast 1894 2025 1901 Forecast high · Jul 18 93°F Hottest this date since 2015 This-date record 109°F This-date rank #52 of 116
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 112°F (1901) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1893–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Poplar Bluff in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 78°F 1943 -23°F 1930 Feb 83°F 1962 -25°F 1899 Mar 92°F 1929 0°F 1943 Apr 94°F 1927 23°F 1898 May 100°F 1934 28°F 1903 Jun 110°F 1936 41°F 1917 Jul 112°F 1901 48°F 1947 Aug 112°F 1930 44°F 1967 Sep 108°F 1925 31°F 1899 Oct 96°F 1938 17°F 1952 Nov 85°F 1924 4°F 1950 Dec 79°F 1939 -10°F 1989 All-time 112°F 1901 -25°F 1899
Records set or tied at Poplar Bluff so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 36 days
record run, ended Aug 15 1934
So far in 2026 12 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Poplar Bluff's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 90°F · forecast is +3° vs normal .
Jan: 44°F Jan: 27°F Feb: 50°F Feb: 31°F Mar: 59°F Mar: 38°F Apr: 70°F Apr: 48°F May: 79°F May: 58°F Jun: 87°F Jun: 66°F Jul: 90°F Jul: 70°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 68°F Sep: 82°F Sep: 59°F Oct: 72°F Oct: 47°F Nov: 58°F Nov: 37°F Dec: 47°F Dec: 30°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:53 AM Sunset 7:21 PM Solar noon 12:07 PM Daylight 14h 29m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 36.77°N, 90.32°W Poplar Bluff's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Poplar Bluff's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Poplar Bluff, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Poplar Bluff — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
12 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 103rd most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 20 . Record: 48 in 1925.
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