All-time weather records — Moab, UT

Record high
114.1°F
July 7, 1989
Record low
-24.0°F
January 22, 1930
Wettest day
9.00 in
December 18, 1913

Climate change signal in Moab

6.3%

of Moab's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 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
16
37
1900s
18
70
1910s
17
55
1920s
18
58
1930s
21
68
1940s
9
12
1950s
53
13
1960s
6
5
1970s
18
16
1980s
49
14
1990s
66
8
2000s
46
4
2010s
16
6
2020s
13
·

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 1893, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1893-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 8, 1956 -24.0°F — Jan 22, 1930 6.00 in — Jan 11, 1916
February 78.1°F — Feb 24, 1904 -13.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 1.20 in — Feb 28, 1927
March 88.0°F — Mar 25, 1896 8.1°F — Mar 17, 1917 1.08 in — Mar 26, 1910
April 96.1°F — Apr 27, 1992 15.1°F — Apr 8, 1928 2.10 in — Apr 9, 1978
May 109.0°F — May 31, 1910 27.0°F — May 1, 1909 1.85 in — May 27, 1926
June 113.0°F — Jun 17, 1936 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1923 1.51 in — Jun 24, 1969
July 114.1°F — Jul 7, 1989 43.0°F — Jul 6, 1902 2.77 in — Jul 23, 1983
August 109.9°F — Aug 9, 1990 39.9°F — Aug 27, 1931 1.50 in — Aug 28, 1939
September 108.0°F — Sep 6, 1976 28.0°F — Sep 27, 1934 3.99 in — Sep 23, 1896
October 98.1°F — Oct 5, 1999 12.9°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.95 in — Oct 5, 1911
November 82.0°F — Nov 7, 1898 1.9°F — Nov 24, 1931 1.20 in — Nov 22, 1902
December 69.1°F — Dec 1, 1999 -18.9°F — Dec 27, 1924 9.00 in — Dec 18, 1913

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