All-time weather records — Capitan, NM

Record high
100.9°F
June 25, 1990
Record low
-23.1°F
February 11, 1929
Wettest day
4.81 in
September 28, 1941

Climate change signal in Capitan

0%

of Capitan'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 #
1900s
·
·
1910s
·
·
1920s
39
103
1930s
48
126
1940s
7
25
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
14
22
1980s
77
34
1990s
43
23
2000s
96
15
2010s
42
18

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 1920, the latest in 2014. Period of observation: 1909-2014.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 24, 1999 -9.9°F — Jan 9, 1920 1.29 in — Jan 21, 1926
February 80.1°F — Feb 25, 1921 -23.1°F — Feb 11, 1929 1.29 in — Feb 19, 1987
March 88.0°F — Mar 17, 1921 -2.0°F — Mar 3, 2002 2.36 in — Mar 25, 1941
April 86.0°F — Apr 18, 1921 8.1°F — Apr 4, 1977 1.19 in — Apr 2, 1977
May 93.9°F — May 23, 2005 16.0°F — May 2, 1929 2.16 in — May 28, 1937
June 100.9°F — Jun 25, 1990 26.1°F — Jun 28, 1938 2.05 in — Jun 28, 1920
July 98.1°F — Jul 14, 1934 30.9°F — Jul 9, 1938 2.67 in — Jul 6, 1950
August 97.0°F — Aug 2, 1980 37.0°F — Aug 1, 1935 2.32 in — Aug 29, 1932
September 95.0°F — Sep 4, 1936 24.1°F — Sep 29, 1924 4.81 in — Sep 28, 1941
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 1920 8.1°F — Oct 30, 1993 1.50 in — Oct 1, 1998
November 79.0°F — Nov 4, 1977 -11.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.33 in — Nov 3, 1986
December 71.1°F — Dec 2, 2008 -15.0°F — Dec 29, 1983 1.10 in — Dec 10, 1923

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