All-time weather records — Columbus, TX

Record high
116.1°F
September 4, 2000
Record low
3.9°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
10.00 in
June 13, 1973

Climate change signal in Columbus

9.3%

of Columbus's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
34
22
1970s
36
65
1980s
38
67
1990s
111
132
2000s
75
67
2010s
50
6
2020s
22
7

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 1962, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1903-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 87.1°F — Jan 24, 1972 10.0°F — Jan 11, 1982 4.55 in — Jan 22, 1965
February 97.0°F — Feb 21, 1996 12.9°F — Feb 4, 1996 4.66 in — Feb 26, 1949
March 97.0°F — Mar 26, 1963 12.0°F — Mar 3, 2002 6.10 in — Mar 21, 1972
April 99.0°F — Apr 30, 2011 28.0°F — Apr 3, 1987 9.40 in — Apr 18, 2016
May 102.0°F — May 29, 1996 39.9°F — May 8, 1992 8.80 in — May 13, 2014
June 106.0°F — Jun 24, 1990 48.9°F — Jun 1, 1984 10.00 in — Jun 13, 1973
July 108.0°F — Jul 23, 2000 55.9°F — Jul 16, 1967 4.50 in — Jul 10, 1961
August 111.0°F — Aug 28, 2011 46.0°F — Aug 29, 1992 7.90 in — Aug 28, 2017
September 116.1°F — Sep 4, 2000 39.9°F — Sep 26, 1991 7.83 in — Sep 12, 1961
October 108.0°F — Oct 5, 1990 25.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 8.50 in — Oct 17, 1998
November 93.0°F — Nov 1, 1992 18.0°F — Nov 4, 1991 5.96 in — Nov 1, 1909
December 88.0°F — Dec 4, 1995 3.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 4.56 in — Dec 2, 1914

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