All-time weather records — Big Spring, TX

Record high
114.1°F
June 28, 1994
Record low
-5.1°F
February 2, 1985
Wettest day
5.09 in
August 18, 2007

Climate change signal in Big Spring

13.9%

of Big Spring's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (51 of 366 records since 2015).

11.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (41 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
9
1950s
54
48
1960s
36
55
1970s
35
73
1980s
39
60
1990s
43
61
2000s
60
9
2010s
78
35
2020s
14
16

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 2021. Period of observation: 1948-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 11, 1982 -2.0°F — Jan 12, 1962 1.90 in — Jan 16, 2017
February 91.0°F — Feb 12, 2017 -5.1°F — Feb 2, 1985 2.30 in — Feb 24, 1992
March 97.0°F — Mar 28, 1971 9.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 4.20 in — Mar 23, 2000
April 105.1°F — Apr 26, 2012 5.0°F — Apr 17, 1987 3.15 in — Apr 16, 2010
May 109.0°F — May 25, 2000 30.9°F — May 14, 1971 4.84 in — May 11, 1994
June 114.1°F — Jun 28, 1994 36.0°F — Jun 13, 1995 3.12 in — Jun 30, 2010
July 109.9°F — Jul 13, 2020 1.0°F — Jul 6, 2013 3.15 in — Jul 23, 1948
August 111.9°F — Aug 26, 2019 41.0°F — Aug 4, 1995 5.09 in — Aug 18, 2007
September 108.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 39.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 5.00 in — Sep 29, 2012
October 100.9°F — Oct 3, 2000 19.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 3.43 in — Oct 3, 1953
November 91.9°F — Nov 9, 1980 15.1°F — Nov 14, 1976 3.50 in — Nov 6, 2016
December 86.0°F — Dec 4, 1954 1.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.60 in — Dec 8, 1980

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