All-time weather records — Murtaugh, ID

Record high
113.0°F
August 12, 1940
Record low
-34.1°F
January 19, 1922
Wettest day
1.68 in
August 19, 1923

Climate change signal in Murtaugh

1.4%

of Murtaugh's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (5 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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 #
1910s
12
38
1920s
52
57
1930s
102
46
1940s
62
21
1950s
27
35
1960s
15
40
1970s
11
35
1980s
19
49
1990s
33
21
2000s
22
14
2010s
11
10

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 1917, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1917-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 4, 1930 -34.1°F — Jan 19, 1922 1.38 in — Jan 15, 1936
February 71.1°F — Feb 24, 1986 -29.0°F — Feb 9, 1933 1.46 in — Feb 18, 1986
March 78.1°F — Mar 27, 1986 -5.1°F — Mar 17, 1987 1.19 in — Mar 13, 1946
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1934 -5.1°F — Apr 19, 1992 1.52 in — Apr 20, 2005
May 99.0°F — May 28, 2003 19.0°F — May 3, 1984 1.23 in — May 9, 2003
June 109.0°F — Jun 26, 1926 26.1°F — Jun 3, 1929 0.98 in — Jun 10, 1963
July 111.0°F — Jul 28, 1934 33.1°F — Jul 8, 1981 0.69 in — Jul 23, 2008
August 113.0°F — Aug 12, 1940 32.0°F — Aug 25, 1920 1.68 in — Aug 19, 1923
September 102.9°F — Sep 2, 1942 16.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 1.30 in — Sep 6, 1978
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 1920 8.1°F — Oct 31, 2002 1.64 in — Oct 25, 2010
November 79.0°F — Nov 4, 1931 -15.0°F — Nov 16, 1955 1.42 in — Nov 16, 1930
December 75.0°F — Dec 13, 1929 -23.1°F — Dec 24, 1990 1.54 in — Dec 31, 2005

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