All-time weather records — Alex, OK

Record high
111.9°F
June 28, 1980
Record low
-13.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
8.78 in
May 11, 1950

Climate change signal in Alex

0%

of Alex's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1930s
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1940s
·
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1950s
1
5
1960s
91
86
1970s
117
104
1980s
58
49
1990s
40
66
2000s
59
56
2010s
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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 1959, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1938-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 22, 2009 -9.9°F — Jan 8, 1988 2.79 in — Jan 3, 1998
February 98.1°F — Feb 23, 1982 -4.0°F — Feb 9, 1979 2.94 in — Feb 1, 2010
March 96.1°F — Mar 11, 1967 1.9°F — Mar 7, 1989 2.81 in — Mar 15, 1998
April 102.0°F — Apr 12, 1972 21.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 4.47 in — Apr 29, 2009
May 102.0°F — May 30, 2003 32.0°F — May 1, 1960 8.78 in — May 11, 1950
June 111.9°F — Jun 28, 1980 46.9°F — Jun 1, 1964 5.53 in — Jun 1, 1968
July 111.0°F — Jul 2, 1980 48.9°F — Jul 23, 1970 4.63 in — Jul 25, 1957
August 109.9°F — Aug 9, 1970 46.9°F — Aug 26, 1962 3.27 in — Aug 26, 2009
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 2000 35.1°F — Sep 24, 1989 6.33 in — Sep 25, 1959
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1977 16.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.70 in — Oct 23, 1953
November 86.0°F — Nov 8, 1969 6.1°F — Nov 30, 2006 5.04 in — Nov 11, 1992
December 82.0°F — Dec 7, 1966 -13.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.60 in — Dec 19, 1991

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