All-time weather records — Abilene, TX

Record high
113.0°F
August 21, 2024
Record low
-7.1°F
February 2, 1985
Wettest day
8.26 in
July 7, 2015

Climate change signal in Abilene

29.8%

of Abilene's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (109 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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
7
8
1950s
61
55
1960s
35
41
1970s
42
75
1980s
23
59
1990s
24
47
2000s
29
27
2010s
53
35
2020s
92
19

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1946-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 8, 1969 -0.9°F — Jan 12, 1973 2.64 in — Jan 28, 2010
February 93.9°F — Feb 26, 2024 -7.1°F — Feb 2, 1985 1.77 in — Feb 24, 1992
March 98.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 9.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.55 in — Mar 4, 2020
April 104.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 25.0°F — Apr 9, 1973 3.29 in — Apr 28, 2021
May 109.0°F — May 24, 2000 33.1°F — May 3, 2013 4.72 in — May 2, 1990
June 109.0°F — Jun 12, 2022 46.9°F — Jun 1, 1964 3.62 in — Jun 10, 1989
July 109.9°F — Jul 17, 1978 57.0°F — Jul 2, 2013 8.26 in — Jul 7, 2015
August 113.0°F — Aug 21, 2024 50.0°F — Aug 28, 1992 6.30 in — Aug 3, 1978
September 108.0°F — Sep 8, 2023 37.9°F — Sep 24, 1989 4.50 in — Sep 3, 1961
October 102.9°F — Oct 1, 1979 20.1°F — Oct 31, 2019 4.99 in — Oct 3, 1959
November 93.0°F — Nov 8, 2023 14.0°F — Nov 14, 1976 2.43 in — Nov 2, 1975
December 90.0°F — Dec 26, 2021 -7.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.17 in — Dec 25, 1987

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