All-time weather records — Benjamin, TX

Record high
118.0°F
June 20, 2011
Record low
-9.9°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
9.20 in
October 25, 2018

Climate change signal in Benjamin

29.5%

of Benjamin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (108 of 366 records since 2015).

14.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (54 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
·
·
1950s
·
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1960s
31
44
1970s
41
74
1980s
35
90
1990s
43
41
2000s
59
37
2010s
71
48
2020s
86
32

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 1963, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 89.1°F — Jan 4, 2006 -2.0°F — Jan 23, 1966 1.85 in — Jan 17, 2020
February 96.1°F — Feb 12, 2017 -6.0°F — Feb 2, 1985 2.26 in — Feb 4, 1964
March 102.9°F — Mar 21, 2026 6.1°F — Mar 2, 1980 3.20 in — Mar 23, 2000
April 107.1°F — Apr 26, 2012 21.0°F — Apr 2, 1970 3.61 in — Apr 27, 1972
May 113.0°F — May 25, 2000 36.0°F — May 3, 2013 3.98 in — May 15, 1989
June 118.0°F — Jun 20, 2011 37.0°F — Jun 9, 2003 4.35 in — Jun 26, 1967
July 114.1°F — Jul 20, 2022 53.1°F — Jul 10, 2001 3.20 in — Jul 29, 2002
August 114.1°F — Aug 18, 2023 51.1°F — Aug 31, 2017 4.86 in — Aug 2, 1995
September 111.9°F — Sep 9, 2023 37.9°F — Sep 21, 1983 4.60 in — Sep 19, 1965
October 106.0°F — Oct 1, 1977 19.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 9.20 in — Oct 25, 2018
November 98.1°F — Nov 1, 2015 14.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 1.88 in — Nov 2, 1975
December 90.0°F — Dec 2, 2016 -9.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.90 in — Dec 27, 2015

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