All-time weather records — Clifton, AZ

Record high
181.9°F
November 27, 1962
Record low
3.9°F
January 12, 1962
Wettest day
2.95 in
September 19, 1985

Climate change signal in Clifton

0%

of Clifton'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 #
1890s
·
·
1900s
5
4
1910s
7
24
1920s
15
15
1930s
128
40
1940s
55
76
1950s
62
29
1960s
15
52
1970s
31
45
1980s
6
22
1990s
15
24
2000s
24
32
2010s
3
3

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 1909, the latest in 2012. Period of observation: 1893-2012.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 18, 1971 3.9°F — Jan 12, 1962 2.17 in — Jan 9, 1905
February 87.1°F — Feb 14, 1957 17.1°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.97 in — Feb 11, 2005
March 91.9°F — Mar 6, 1972 21.9°F — Mar 2, 1971 1.92 in — Mar 10, 1912
April 99.0°F — Apr 15, 1937 26.1°F — Apr 3, 1945 1.30 in — Apr 16, 1958
May 108.0°F — May 31, 2002 32.0°F — May 7, 2011 1.34 in — May 16, 2007
June 116.1°F — Jun 26, 1994 30.0°F — Jun 16, 1990 1.40 in — Jun 22, 1898
July 115.0°F — Jul 27, 1995 42.1°F — Jul 10, 1936 1.98 in — Jul 7, 2006
August 113.0°F — Aug 1, 1938 51.1°F — Aug 22, 2001 2.53 in — Aug 17, 1945
September 109.9°F — Sep 3, 1948 39.0°F — Sep 27, 2001 2.95 in — Sep 19, 1985
October 102.0°F — Oct 6, 1934 32.0°F — Oct 31, 1991 1.98 in — Oct 10, 1945
November 181.9°F — Nov 27, 1962 3.9°F — Nov 28, 1970 1.97 in — Nov 12, 2003
December 80.1°F — Dec 4, 1954 12.0°F — Dec 9, 1978 1.80 in — Dec 3, 1906

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