All-time weather records — Maxwell, NM

Record high
100.0°F
May 25, 1982
Record low
-35.0°F
January 13, 1963
Wettest day
40.15 in
April 2, 1957

Climate change signal in Maxwell

6.8%

of Maxwell's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
·
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1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
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1940s
18
36
1950s
91
74
1960s
38
70
1970s
36
70
1980s
37
31
1990s
52
31
2000s
57
17
2010s
28
32
2020s
9
5

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 1945, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1905-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 13, 1953 -35.0°F — Jan 13, 1963 0.98 in — Jan 26, 1944
February 77.0°F — Feb 22, 2017 -32.1°F — Feb 7, 1989 0.75 in — Feb 13, 1931
March 84.0°F — Mar 10, 1989 -22.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 1.76 in — Mar 23, 1919
April 88.0°F — Apr 21, 1989 -2.9°F — Apr 8, 1957 40.15 in — Apr 2, 1957
May 100.0°F — May 25, 1982 15.1°F — May 1, 1962 4.40 in — May 3, 1999
June 100.0°F — Jun 27, 1953 28.0°F — Jun 5, 1973 2.26 in — Jun 3, 2019
July 100.0°F — Jul 3, 1960 35.1°F — Jul 17, 1987 4.67 in — Jul 6, 2006
August 99.0°F — Aug 2, 1963 36.0°F — Aug 30, 1956 2.63 in — Aug 22, 1987
September 95.0°F — Sep 2, 1995 16.0°F — Sep 26, 1970 2.85 in — Sep 10, 1973
October 89.1°F — Oct 11, 1996 -2.9°F — Oct 30, 1993 2.29 in — Oct 20, 1957
November 86.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -24.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.56 in — Nov 4, 1978
December 77.0°F — Dec 5, 2007 -27.9°F — Dec 12, 1961 1.78 in — Dec 4, 1913

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