All-time weather records — Idalou, TX

Record high
114.1°F
June 27, 1994
Record low
-16.1°F
January 13, 1963
Wettest day
7.46 in
September 11, 2008

Climate change signal in Idalou

35.5%

of Idalou's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (130 of 366 records since 2015).

8.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (30 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
8
28
1950s
19
80
1960s
19
71
1970s
27
53
1980s
30
48
1990s
38
21
2000s
52
21
2010s
80
27
2020s
93
17

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 1947, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 3, 2006 -16.1°F — Jan 13, 1963 1.39 in — Jan 17, 2004
February 91.0°F — Feb 3, 2025 -8.0°F — Feb 25, 1960 2.11 in — Feb 20, 1961
March 98.1°F — Mar 21, 2026 1.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 1.90 in — Mar 12, 2007
April 104.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 21.9°F — Apr 1, 1948 2.54 in — Apr 16, 2010
May 109.0°F — May 24, 2000 27.1°F — May 3, 2013 3.71 in — May 6, 1949
June 114.1°F — Jun 27, 1994 44.1°F — Jun 14, 1947 5.70 in — Jun 1, 1967
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 2020 51.1°F — Jul 7, 1952 3.98 in — Jul 6, 2019
August 109.0°F — Aug 26, 2019 51.1°F — Aug 26, 2010 3.13 in — Aug 23, 1966
September 107.1°F — Sep 8, 2023 33.1°F — Sep 21, 1983 7.46 in — Sep 11, 2008
October 100.0°F — Oct 3, 2000 16.2°F — Oct 31, 2019 5.43 in — Oct 19, 1983
November 90.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -0.9°F — Nov 23, 1957 2.01 in — Nov 4, 2014
December 86.0°F — Dec 25, 2025 -2.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.22 in — Dec 3, 2002

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