All-time weather records — Galveston, TX

Record high
104.0°F
September 5, 2000
Record low
17.1°F
January 11, 1962
Wettest day
13.90 in
June 3, 1950

Climate change signal in Galveston

49.5%

of Galveston's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (181 of 366 records since 2015).

12.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (45 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 #
1940s
31
52
1950s
30
113
1960s
3
58
1990s
27
27
2000s
59
50
2010s
92
40
2020s
124
26

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 1946, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1946-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 87.1°F — Jan 17, 1952 17.1°F — Jan 11, 1962 4.10 in — Jan 20, 1993
February 82.9°F — Feb 17, 2022 18.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 8.35 in — Feb 1, 1952
March 89.1°F — Mar 19, 2018 32.0°F — Mar 3, 2002 4.42 in — Mar 31, 2007
April 95.0°F — Apr 27, 2011 41.0°F — Apr 7, 2007 3.21 in — Apr 17, 1950
May 93.0°F — May 13, 2011 50.0°F — May 3, 2013 6.29 in — May 20, 1947
June 100.0°F — Jun 25, 2012 60.1°F — Jun 10, 1955 13.90 in — Jun 3, 1950
July 98.1°F — Jul 1, 1949 66.9°F — Jul 26, 1963 6.83 in — Jul 17, 1952
August 100.9°F — Aug 27, 2023 70.0°F — Aug 2, 1953 11.46 in — Aug 15, 2002
September 104.0°F — Sep 5, 2000 57.9°F — Sep 26, 2000 8.44 in — Sep 7, 1958
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 2024 42.6°F — Oct 30, 1993 4.94 in — Oct 25, 2015
November 86.0°F — Nov 4, 2024 28.9°F — Nov 18, 1959 5.71 in — Nov 13, 1961
December 82.0°F — Dec 28, 2021 21.2°F — Dec 23, 2022 7.68 in — Dec 3, 2016

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