All-time weather records — Dickens, TX

Record high
117.0°F
June 28, 1994
Record low
-50.1°F
May 6, 1931
Wettest day
5.93 in
July 1, 2017

Climate change signal in Dickens

18%

of Dickens's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (66 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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
32
58
1920s
30
42
1930s
44
55
1940s
39
32
1950s
52
47
1960s
22
19
1980s
6
22
1990s
21
37
2000s
32
17
2010s
32
23
2020s
56
14

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 1911, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1911-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 4, 2006 -9.9°F — Jan 4, 1947 1.67 in — Jan 19, 1990
February 93.9°F — Feb 12, 2017 -17.0°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.65 in — Feb 4, 2010
March 102.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -2.9°F — Mar 6, 1943 2.50 in — Mar 23, 2000
April 106.0°F — Apr 26, 2012 19.9°F — Apr 1, 1954 4.25 in — Apr 26, 2002
May 111.0°F — May 25, 2000 -50.1°F — May 6, 1931 3.47 in — May 30, 1914
June 117.0°F — Jun 28, 1994 43.0°F — Jun 2, 1919 3.48 in — Jun 29, 2010
July 111.0°F — Jul 18, 1916 51.1°F — Jul 5, 1915 5.93 in — Jul 1, 2017
August 111.9°F — Aug 27, 2019 45.0°F — Aug 31, 1915 4.70 in — Aug 29, 1996
September 108.0°F — Sep 6, 2000 32.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 3.52 in — Sep 19, 1991
October 104.0°F — Oct 3, 2000 12.9°F — Oct 31, 2019 4.28 in — Oct 18, 1960
November 93.0°F — Nov 1, 1945 10.0°F — Nov 4, 1991 2.30 in — Nov 8, 1920
December 87.1°F — Dec 4, 1954 -8.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.45 in — Dec 4, 1930

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