All-time weather records — Fairfax, OK

Record high
115.0°F
July 31, 2012
Record low
-29.0°F
February 10, 2011
Wettest day
8.20 in
May 21, 2019

Climate change signal in Fairfax

15.3%

of Fairfax's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

11.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (42 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 #
1920s
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·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
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1950s
1
6
1960s
53
64
1970s
37
82
1980s
43
46
1990s
46
34
2000s
47
62
2010s
107
48
2020s
32
24

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 1959, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1922-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 29, 2015 -11.9°F — Jan 7, 2014 1.81 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 91.9°F — Feb 22, 1996 -29.0°F — Feb 10, 2011 2.50 in — Feb 23, 1985
March 98.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -0.9°F — Mar 8, 1967 3.85 in — Mar 5, 2004
April 100.0°F — Apr 12, 1972 18.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 4.50 in — Apr 10, 1944
May 100.0°F — May 5, 2014 28.9°F — May 1, 1960 8.20 in — May 21, 2019
June 109.9°F — Jun 27, 2012 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1983 5.61 in — Jun 29, 2007
July 115.0°F — Jul 31, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 13, 1975 7.15 in — Jul 18, 1997
August 114.1°F — Aug 1, 2012 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1988 7.70 in — Aug 3, 2019
September 111.0°F — Sep 3, 2012 30.0°F — Sep 26, 2000 7.75 in — Sep 30, 1986
October 98.1°F — Oct 8, 1979 12.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.40 in — Oct 5, 2017
November 90.0°F — Nov 3, 2012 6.1°F — Nov 19, 2014 3.82 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 84.0°F — Dec 28, 2025 -13.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.50 in — Dec 27, 2023

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