All-time weather records — Columbus, NM

Record high
111.0°F
June 26, 1994
Record low
-11.9°F
January 29, 1948
Wettest day
2.90 in
June 27, 2000

Climate change signal in Columbus

0%

of Columbus'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 #
1910s
·
·
1920s
12
12
1930s
39
36
1940s
58
64
1950s
36
77
1960s
33
86
1970s
51
65
1980s
49
15
1990s
48
9
2000s
36
2
2010s
4
·

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 1924, the latest in 2011. Period of observation: 1909-2011.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 19, 2000 -11.9°F — Jan 29, 1948 0.95 in — Jan 22, 1923
February 86.0°F — Feb 26, 1986 5.0°F — Feb 3, 1972 0.90 in — Feb 28, 1953
March 91.9°F — Mar 31, 1946 10.0°F — Mar 4, 1965 2.02 in — Mar 9, 1915
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1989 19.0°F — Apr 7, 1939 1.04 in — Apr 26, 1941
May 105.1°F — May 23, 2005 28.0°F — May 1, 1967 1.18 in — May 18, 1952
June 111.0°F — Jun 26, 1994 43.0°F — Jun 11, 1965 2.90 in — Jun 27, 2000
July 109.0°F — Jul 8, 1951 54.0°F — Jul 4, 1942 2.89 in — Jul 31, 1921
August 107.1°F — Aug 4, 1944 50.0°F — Aug 18, 1995 2.78 in — Aug 6, 1954
September 102.9°F — Sep 4, 1948 39.0°F — Sep 30, 1945 2.20 in — Sep 3, 2006
October 96.1°F — Oct 2, 2000 17.1°F — Oct 28, 1970 2.00 in — Oct 11, 1928
November 86.0°F — Nov 6, 1988 1.9°F — Nov 29, 1976 1.82 in — Nov 8, 1961
December 80.1°F — Dec 11, 1987 -7.1°F — Dec 24, 1953 1.22 in — Dec 1, 1982

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