All-time weather records — Jal, NM

Record high
115.0°F
August 14, 2011
Record low
-99.0°F
May 18, 2021
Wettest day
5.64 in
October 17, 1960

Climate change signal in Jal

7.7%

of Jal's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 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 #
1910s
·
1
1920s
17
43
1930s
6
8
1940s
7
12
1950s
99
80
1960s
45
47
1970s
56
42
1980s
31
25
1990s
18
27
2000s
36
23
2010s
38
39
2020s
13
19

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 1924, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 1919-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 89.1°F — Jan 9, 2009 -11.0°F — Jan 11, 1962 1.35 in — Jan 20, 2007
February 89.1°F — Feb 12, 2017 -8.0°F — Feb 2, 1985 1.75 in — Feb 6, 2005
March 98.1°F — Mar 27, 1971 0.0°F — Mar 9, 1953 1.86 in — Mar 4, 2020
April 102.0°F — Apr 21, 1965 21.9°F — Apr 9, 1973 5.00 in — Apr 16, 2010
May 107.1°F — May 23, 1953 -99.0°F — May 18, 2021 3.47 in — May 25, 1992
June 114.1°F — Jun 13, 2011 37.0°F — Jun 24, 1995 2.65 in — Jun 29, 2022
July 111.9°F — Jul 7, 1953 -99.0°F — Jul 29, 2013 4.70 in — Jul 12, 2010
August 115.0°F — Aug 14, 2011 27.0°F — Aug 1, 2021 3.99 in — Aug 22, 1966
September 108.0°F — Sep 1, 1951 33.1°F — Sep 2, 2003 4.40 in — Sep 12, 2008
October 100.0°F — Oct 2, 2000 17.1°F — Oct 31, 2019 5.64 in — Oct 17, 1960
November 89.1°F — Nov 10, 1999 0.0°F — Nov 6, 2003 2.90 in — Nov 26, 2022
December 84.0°F — Dec 3, 1954 3.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.26 in — Dec 22, 1986

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