All-time weather records — Lake Arthur, NM

Record high
916.0°F
August 21, 1942
Record low
-58.0°F
October 8, 1957
Wettest day
5.50 in
July 24, 1911

Climate change signal in Lake Arthur

16.1%

of Lake Arthur's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (59 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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 #
1900s
2
11
1910s
80
36
1920s
27
32
1930s
23
39
1940s
26
22
1950s
47
19
1960s
24
29
1970s
14
61
1980s
16
54
1990s
20
18
2000s
13
8
2010s
29
14
2020s
45
23

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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1905-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 25, 1970 -20.0°F — Jan 11, 1962 2.45 in — Jan 28, 2026
February 89.1°F — Feb 11, 1916 -9.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 1.20 in — Feb 5, 1948
March 100.0°F — Mar 27, 2026 -6.0°F — Mar 13, 1932 2.90 in — Mar 22, 1919
April 104.0°F — Apr 10, 1934 14.0°F — Apr 1, 2023 3.25 in — Apr 4, 2004
May 106.0°F — May 20, 1996 26.1°F — May 2, 1967 3.11 in — May 28, 1937
June 116.1°F — Jun 29, 1918 39.9°F — Jun 4, 1919 3.75 in — Jun 2, 1948
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 2020 48.9°F — Jul 2, 1924 5.50 in — Jul 24, 1911
August 916.0°F — Aug 21, 1942 37.9°F — Aug 26, 1944 4.32 in — Aug 23, 1966
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 1948 32.0°F — Sep 28, 1968 3.41 in — Sep 22, 1941
October 100.0°F — Oct 5, 1934 -58.0°F — Oct 8, 1957 3.75 in — Oct 23, 1974
November 90.0°F — Nov 4, 1916 -9.9°F — Nov 29, 1976 1.61 in — Nov 7, 2000
December 86.0°F — Dec 21, 2025 -13.0°F — Dec 15, 1987 1.22 in — Dec 1, 1931

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