All-time weather records — Big Lake, TX

Record high
109.9°F
June 28, 1998
Record low
1.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
4.85 in
July 31, 1990

Climate change signal in Big Lake

10.1%

of Big Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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 #
1960s
45
48
1970s
96
137
1980s
43
81
1990s
52
48
2000s
55
12
2010s
67
34
2020s
8
6

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 2020. Period of observation: 1963-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 9, 1969 1.9°F — Jan 2, 1979 2.20 in — Jan 17, 2007
February 90.0°F — Feb 11, 2017 3.9°F — Feb 4, 1987 2.60 in — Feb 20, 1997
March 95.0°F — Mar 29, 1967 5.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 2.50 in — Mar 19, 1979
April 104.0°F — Apr 26, 2012 24.1°F — Apr 9, 1973 3.09 in — Apr 13, 2019
May 108.0°F — May 25, 2000 33.1°F — May 3, 2013 2.69 in — May 25, 2014
June 109.9°F — Jun 28, 1998 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1964 3.42 in — Jun 22, 2014
July 109.0°F — Jul 13, 1998 52.0°F — Jul 2, 1984 4.85 in — Jul 31, 1990
August 107.1°F — Aug 10, 1970 53.1°F — Aug 26, 1966 3.79 in — Aug 17, 2001
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 2000 32.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 3.99 in — Sep 21, 2018
October 100.0°F — Oct 1, 1977 5.0°F — Oct 15, 1983 4.15 in — Oct 4, 1966
November 91.0°F — Nov 1, 2010 10.9°F — Nov 29, 1976 2.71 in — Nov 15, 2001
December 84.0°F — Dec 5, 2005 1.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.12 in — Dec 8, 1980

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