All-time weather records — Gila Bend, AZ

Record high
122.0°F
June 26, 1990
Record low
10.0°F
January 13, 1963
Wettest day
2.61 in
August 28, 1951

Climate change signal in Gila Bend

4.9%

of Gila Bend's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1890s
5
4
1900s
9
23
1910s
32
71
1920s
51
31
1930s
66
72
1940s
33
70
1950s
36
34
1960s
15
25
1970s
23
12
1980s
22
9
1990s
15
5
2000s
31
6
2010s
10
4
2020s
18
·

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 10, 1956 10.0°F — Jan 13, 1963 1.35 in — Jan 22, 1962
February 95.0°F — Feb 9, 1963 23.0°F — Feb 3, 1985 1.62 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 100.9°F — Mar 16, 2007 25.0°F — Mar 2, 1971 1.35 in — Mar 6, 2000
April 109.9°F — Apr 19, 1980 28.0°F — Apr 17, 1896 1.38 in — Apr 12, 1941
May 116.1°F — May 27, 1896 39.0°F — May 1, 1915 1.85 in — May 30, 1984
June 122.0°F — Jun 26, 1990 42.1°F — Jun 8, 1934 0.70 in — Jun 11, 1898
July 122.0°F — Jul 28, 1995 46.9°F — Jul 1, 1941 1.61 in — Jul 22, 1984
August 120.0°F — Aug 1, 1972 28.0°F — Aug 7, 1963 2.61 in — Aug 28, 1951
September 120.0°F — Sep 2, 1950 37.0°F — Sep 22, 1941 2.52 in — Sep 18, 1946
October 114.1°F — Oct 2, 1980 30.9°F — Oct 20, 1969 2.41 in — Oct 12, 2025
November 99.0°F — Nov 5, 1924 21.9°F — Nov 22, 1916 2.01 in — Nov 25, 1988
December 91.9°F — Dec 29, 2011 15.1°F — Dec 26, 1911 2.03 in — Dec 30, 1915

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