All-time weather records — Altus, OK

Record high
120.0°F
July 19, 1936
Record low
-11.0°F
January 4, 1947
Wettest day
7.10 in
October 20, 1983

Climate change signal in Altus

0%

of Altus'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 #
1900s
·
5
1910s
22
38
1920s
47
36
1930s
46
38
1940s
31
46
1950s
51
32
1960s
37
36
1970s
28
36
1980s
35
37
1990s
31
30
2000s
38
32
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 1913, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1903-2011.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 3, 2006 -11.0°F — Jan 4, 1947 2.46 in — Jan 8, 1939
February 93.0°F — Feb 11, 1962 -7.1°F — Feb 11, 1986 3.23 in — Feb 4, 1964
March 102.9°F — Mar 27, 1971 6.1°F — Mar 2, 1922 3.22 in — Mar 23, 2000
April 105.1°F — Apr 12, 1972 21.9°F — Apr 2, 1936 4.06 in — Apr 29, 2009
May 111.9°F — May 23, 2000 34.0°F — May 1, 1960 4.60 in — May 16, 1980
June 115.0°F — Jun 27, 1980 44.1°F — Jun 3, 1919 5.87 in — Jun 2, 1991
July 120.0°F — Jul 19, 1936 54.0°F — Jul 21, 1915 3.67 in — Jul 7, 1914
August 120.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 48.9°F — Aug 31, 1915 4.44 in — Aug 27, 1979
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 5.85 in — Sep 5, 1971
October 104.0°F — Oct 1, 1977 17.1°F — Oct 30, 1917 7.10 in — Oct 20, 1983
November 91.0°F — Nov 1, 2001 12.0°F — Nov 26, 1993 2.98 in — Nov 20, 1994
December 88.0°F — Dec 4, 1954 -9.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.79 in — Dec 23, 1932

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