All-time weather records — Childress, TX

Record high
117.0°F
June 26, 2011
Record low
-5.1°F
February 12, 1986
Wettest day
5.32 in
October 20, 1983

Climate change signal in Childress

23%

of Childress's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (84 of 366 records since 2015).

8.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (31 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
9
7
1950s
54
51
1960s
26
69
1970s
31
52
1980s
25
83
1990s
38
32
2000s
44
21
2010s
77
31
2020s
62
20

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 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 87.1°F — Jan 3, 2006 -2.9°F — Jan 23, 1966 2.17 in — Jan 21, 1968
February 95.0°F — Feb 11, 2017 -5.1°F — Feb 12, 1986 2.19 in — Feb 13, 2017
March 100.9°F — Mar 20, 2026 1.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.92 in — Mar 4, 2004
April 106.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 23.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.98 in — Apr 16, 2010
May 111.0°F — May 23, 2000 32.0°F — May 3, 2013 3.96 in — May 22, 2016
June 117.0°F — Jun 26, 2011 48.0°F — Jun 10, 1955 4.46 in — Jun 4, 1995
July 113.0°F — Jul 19, 2022 55.0°F — Jul 28, 2005 4.56 in — Jul 24, 1962
August 111.0°F — Aug 6, 1964 52.0°F — Aug 26, 2010 4.53 in — Aug 2, 1995
September 108.0°F — Sep 1, 1951 34.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 5.16 in — Sep 11, 2008
October 102.9°F — Oct 3, 2000 19.2°F — Oct 31, 2019 5.32 in — Oct 20, 1983
November 93.9°F — Nov 7, 2023 9.0°F — Nov 30, 2006 3.03 in — Nov 2, 2024
December 91.0°F — Dec 3, 1999 -5.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.04 in — Dec 15, 1959

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