All-time weather records — Big Wells, TX

Record high
115.0°F
September 5, 2000
Record low
9.0°F
January 27, 1993
Wettest day
6.83 in
October 4, 1959

Climate change signal in Big Wells

0%

of Big Wells'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 #
1940s
15
26
1950s
83
91
1960s
31
77
1970s
40
91
1980s
40
38
1990s
58
26
2000s
99
17

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 2008. Period of observation: 1941-2008.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 91.9°F — Jan 3, 1971 9.0°F — Jan 27, 1993 2.10 in — Jan 27, 1941
February 100.0°F — Feb 20, 1986 12.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 2.50 in — Feb 1, 1941
March 102.9°F — Mar 28, 1971 21.9°F — Mar 2, 1980 2.97 in — Mar 16, 1998
April 107.1°F — Apr 20, 1984 32.0°F — Apr 9, 1973 3.23 in — Apr 20, 1945
May 106.0°F — May 10, 2006 42.1°F — May 3, 1970 4.75 in — May 24, 1951
June 109.0°F — Jun 9, 1988 55.9°F — Jun 11, 1955 4.40 in — Jun 17, 1963
July 109.0°F — Jul 15, 2000 64.9°F — Jul 15, 1975 4.44 in — Jul 17, 1990
August 108.0°F — Aug 6, 2001 64.9°F — Aug 13, 2004 4.14 in — Aug 28, 1944
September 115.0°F — Sep 5, 2000 50.0°F — Sep 28, 1948 6.15 in — Sep 28, 1945
October 100.9°F — Oct 3, 1951 28.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 6.83 in — Oct 4, 1959
November 95.0°F — Nov 27, 2005 23.0°F — Nov 29, 1948 2.28 in — Nov 16, 1980
December 95.0°F — Dec 6, 1951 10.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.52 in — Dec 22, 1986

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