All-time weather records — Dawson, TX

Record high
111.9°F
September 5, 2000
Record low
-5.1°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
16.70 in
October 24, 2015

Climate change signal in Dawson

13.4%

of Dawson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (49 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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 #
1960s
50
28
1970s
38
51
1980s
39
83
1990s
82
124
2000s
83
44
2010s
41
27
2020s
33
9

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 1963, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1963-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 2, 2006 1.0°F — Jan 1, 2018 5.08 in — Jan 6, 1998
February 95.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 -0.9°F — Feb 22, 2021 5.15 in — Feb 12, 2020
March 93.0°F — Mar 29, 1971 15.1°F — Mar 1, 2009 6.18 in — Mar 20, 2012
April 100.0°F — Apr 10, 1963 26.1°F — Apr 11, 1989 6.02 in — Apr 25, 2025
May 100.9°F — May 31, 1998 39.0°F — May 3, 2013 6.80 in — May 11, 2015
June 107.1°F — Jun 28, 1980 51.1°F — Jun 1, 1997 5.96 in — Jun 22, 2011
July 109.9°F — Jul 19, 2006 12.9°F — Jul 5, 1994 4.60 in — Jul 7, 2020
August 109.9°F — Aug 18, 2000 52.0°F — Aug 28, 1992 5.14 in — Aug 14, 1991
September 111.9°F — Sep 5, 2000 39.0°F — Sep 28, 1996 4.70 in — Sep 2, 2020
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1997 25.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 16.70 in — Oct 24, 2015
November 91.9°F — Nov 1, 1992 18.0°F — Nov 17, 1997 4.55 in — Nov 20, 1992
December 84.0°F — Dec 3, 2012 -5.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 4.70 in — Dec 16, 2001

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