All-time weather records — Monahans, TX

Record high
117.0°F
June 27, 1994
Record low
-14.1°F
January 11, 1962
Wettest day
5.64 in
October 11, 1940

Climate change signal in Monahans

16.4%

of Monahans's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (60 of 366 records since 2015).

6.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (25 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 #
1930s
5
15
1940s
9
26
1950s
35
32
1960s
24
34
1970s
19
89
1980s
22
70
1990s
22
47
2000s
153
10
2010s
35
28
2020s
42
15

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 1938, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1938-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 3, 2006 -14.1°F — Jan 11, 1962 1.28 in — Jan 23, 1975
February 91.9°F — Feb 11, 2017 -6.0°F — Feb 2, 1985 1.37 in — Feb 16, 1989
March 97.0°F — Mar 26, 2020 9.0°F — Mar 5, 1989 4.43 in — Mar 25, 2007
April 105.1°F — Apr 25, 2012 19.9°F — Apr 7, 1939 2.06 in — Apr 29, 2019
May 111.9°F — May 18, 2003 29.1°F — May 3, 2013 3.32 in — May 24, 1992
June 117.0°F — Jun 27, 1994 45.0°F — Jun 2, 1970 4.09 in — Jun 1, 1979
July 114.1°F — Jul 3, 2005 39.9°F — Jul 23, 1985 2.87 in — Jul 2, 1986
August 114.1°F — Aug 9, 2003 55.9°F — Aug 8, 1989 2.50 in — Aug 2, 2007
September 109.0°F — Sep 1, 1959 33.1°F — Sep 29, 1996 4.25 in — Sep 12, 1964
October 105.1°F — Oct 2, 2000 17.2°F — Oct 31, 2019 5.64 in — Oct 11, 1940
November 93.9°F — Nov 8, 2005 0.0°F — Nov 24, 1938 1.76 in — Nov 4, 1978
December 87.1°F — Dec 2, 2005 1.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 0.96 in — Dec 20, 2013

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