All-time weather records — Canton, TX

Record high
115.0°F
August 18, 1909
Record low
-2.9°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
7.08 in
June 12, 1945

Climate change signal in Canton

4.9%

of Canton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
22
21
1910s
74
52
1920s
10
14
1930s
8
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1940s
45
37
1950s
123
49
1960s
29
43
1970s
7
45
1980s
5
30
1990s
5
32
2000s
11
15
2010s
14
18
2020s
13
10

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 1905, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1905-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 31, 1911 -0.9°F — Jan 12, 1918 6.56 in — Jan 19, 1990
February 97.0°F — Feb 25, 1918 -2.9°F — Feb 16, 2021 4.37 in — Feb 16, 2001
March 93.9°F — Mar 21, 1916 10.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 4.48 in — Mar 29, 1945
April 98.1°F — Apr 11, 1963 21.9°F — Apr 9, 1914 5.68 in — Apr 26, 1966
May 100.0°F — May 20, 1956 36.0°F — May 1, 1909 5.49 in — May 9, 2019
June 109.0°F — Jun 28, 1956 48.9°F — Jun 1, 1964 7.08 in — Jun 12, 1945
July 113.0°F — Jul 25, 1954 57.9°F — Jul 6, 1920 3.73 in — Jul 6, 2024
August 115.0°F — Aug 18, 1909 55.0°F — Aug 28, 1906 3.95 in — Aug 22, 2022
September 109.9°F — Sep 2, 1951 37.9°F — Sep 27, 1942 6.40 in — Sep 22, 1957
October 102.0°F — Oct 6, 2006 21.9°F — Oct 30, 1917 6.60 in — Oct 20, 1993
November 91.0°F — Nov 11, 1911 12.9°F — Nov 29, 1976 5.93 in — Nov 11, 2008
December 84.9°F — Dec 1, 1913 -2.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.15 in — Dec 5, 2024

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