All-time weather records — Hempstead, TX

Record high
109.0°F
August 28, 2023
Record low
5.0°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
8.65 in
April 18, 2016

Climate change signal in Hempstead

38.3%

of Hempstead's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (140 of 366 records since 2015).

28.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (103 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 #
1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
110
159
2010s
169
153
2020s
87
54

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 2003, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1978-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 3, 2026 15.1°F — Jan 17, 2018 3.90 in — Jan 14, 2007
February 88.0°F — Feb 9, 2017 5.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.95 in — Feb 4, 1992
March 89.1°F — Mar 19, 2013 21.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 4.30 in — Mar 10, 2016
April 95.0°F — Apr 21, 2011 34.0°F — Apr 9, 2007 8.65 in — Apr 18, 2016
May 98.1°F — May 26, 2003 43.0°F — May 3, 2013 5.50 in — May 22, 1979
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 2009 62.1°F — Jun 5, 2009 3.79 in — Jun 18, 2006
July 105.1°F — Jul 6, 2009 64.0°F — Jul 25, 2019 3.54 in — Jul 31, 1982
August 109.0°F — Aug 28, 2023 62.1°F — Aug 16, 2004 7.70 in — Aug 28, 2017
September 107.1°F — Sep 27, 2005 54.0°F — Sep 28, 2010 5.12 in — Sep 20, 1979
October 96.1°F — Oct 14, 2024 33.1°F — Oct 30, 2011 7.51 in — Oct 18, 1998
November 90.0°F — Nov 2, 2010 27.0°F — Nov 14, 2018 6.26 in — Nov 13, 1998
December 84.0°F — Dec 2, 2012 12.9°F — Dec 23, 2022 4.54 in — Dec 31, 2020

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