All-time weather records — Midland, TX

Record high
116.1°F
June 13, 1917
Record low
-11.9°F
January 11, 1962
Wettest day
7.20 in
May 9, 1968

Climate change signal in Midland

3%

of Midland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (11 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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 #
1890s
52
50
1900s
2
2
1910s
69
57
1920s
49
59
1930s
9
30
1940s
48
25
1950s
28
28
1960s
8
21
1970s
22
31
1980s
16
30
1990s
24
15
2000s
17
5
2010s
21
13
2020s
1
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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 1894, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1894-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 6, 1916 -11.9°F — Jan 11, 1962 1.33 in — Jan 18, 1945
February 95.0°F — Feb 26, 1917 -9.9°F — Feb 8, 1933 2.00 in — Feb 17, 1911
March 99.0°F — Mar 22, 1896 7.0°F — Mar 18, 1923 3.94 in — Mar 4, 2020
April 102.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 21.9°F — Apr 4, 1920 2.60 in — Apr 30, 1922
May 109.9°F — May 24, 1896 28.0°F — May 4, 1979 7.20 in — May 9, 1968
June 116.1°F — Jun 13, 1917 37.0°F — Jun 30, 2008 5.01 in — Jun 2, 1914
July 109.9°F — Jul 2, 1989 48.9°F — Jul 11, 2014 5.00 in — Jul 22, 1961
August 113.0°F — Aug 2, 1944 46.9°F — Aug 13, 2014 5.00 in — Aug 17, 1920
September 109.0°F — Sep 6, 1894 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1921 5.81 in — Sep 1, 1970
October 100.9°F — Oct 2, 2000 24.1°F — Oct 22, 1917 3.90 in — Oct 19, 1983
November 93.0°F — Nov 6, 1916 10.0°F — Nov 29, 1911 2.25 in — Nov 8, 1920
December 97.0°F — Dec 21, 1894 -2.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.00 in — Dec 23, 1932

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