All-time weather records — Chama, NM

Record high
102.9°F
August 12, 1949
Record low
-29.9°F
January 5, 1971
Wettest day
7.05 in
December 24, 1949

Climate change signal in Chama

5.5%

of Chama's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1890s
159
8
1900s
7
6
1910s
17
17
1920s
12
34
1930s
39
39
1940s
29
26
1950s
3
26
1960s
5
20
1970s
6
50
1980s
14
43
1990s
13
52
2000s
34
30
2010s
12
10
2020s
16
5

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 2, 1945 -29.9°F — Jan 5, 1971 2.24 in — Jan 28, 1916
February 64.9°F — Feb 3, 1934 -29.9°F — Feb 15, 1949 1.72 in — Feb 15, 2019
March 78.1°F — Mar 25, 2026 -18.9°F — Mar 13, 1950 2.66 in — Mar 23, 1893
April 79.0°F — Apr 30, 1943 -8.0°F — Apr 11, 1929 1.75 in — Apr 7, 1906
May 89.1°F — May 28, 1896 7.0°F — May 1, 1967 1.84 in — May 10, 2019
June 98.1°F — Jun 19, 1936 18.0°F — Jun 2, 1990 1.40 in — Jun 21, 2024
July 99.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 21.9°F — Jul 19, 2007 2.00 in — Jul 26, 1915
August 102.9°F — Aug 12, 1949 15.1°F — Aug 1, 1949 2.30 in — Aug 31, 2008
September 93.9°F — Sep 12, 1895 12.9°F — Sep 27, 1996 2.58 in — Sep 9, 2020
October 84.0°F — Oct 2, 1896 -2.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 2.30 in — Oct 5, 1911
November 79.0°F — Nov 6, 1894 -23.1°F — Nov 24, 1931 2.40 in — Nov 12, 2002
December 68.0°F — Dec 11, 1895 -29.9°F — Dec 23, 1990 7.05 in — Dec 24, 1949

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