All-time weather records — Needles, CA

Record high
125.1°F
June 20, 2016
Record low
0.0°F
June 4, 1942
Wettest day
2.55 in
August 28, 1951

Climate change signal in Needles

34.4%

of Needles's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (126 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1940s
27
106
1950s
27
84
1960s
29
67
1970s
27
46
1980s
35
27
1990s
26
21
2000s
44
7
2010s
72
6
2020s
79
2

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 1940, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1940-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 20, 1971 21.0°F — Jan 4, 1950 2.10 in — Jan 12, 1949
February 91.9°F — Feb 26, 1986 24.1°F — Feb 6, 1989 1.52 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 106.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 30.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.65 in — Mar 15, 2023
April 107.1°F — Apr 22, 2012 37.9°F — Apr 4, 1945 1.65 in — Apr 3, 1965
May 115.0°F — May 28, 1968 44.1°F — May 8, 1964 0.64 in — May 11, 1958
June 125.1°F — Jun 20, 2016 0.0°F — Jun 4, 1942 1.20 in — Jun 3, 2025
July 125.1°F — Jul 17, 2005 0.0°F — Jul 31, 1942 2.11 in — Jul 19, 1974
August 123.1°F — Aug 15, 2020 62.1°F — Aug 31, 1957 2.55 in — Aug 28, 1951
September 120.0°F — Sep 1, 1950 52.0°F — Sep 27, 1985 2.10 in — Sep 4, 1998
October 111.9°F — Oct 1, 2024 34.0°F — Oct 30, 1971 1.08 in — Oct 18, 1963
November 93.0°F — Nov 4, 2020 30.0°F — Nov 21, 1953 1.42 in — Nov 1, 1987
December 82.9°F — Dec 15, 1977 19.9°F — Dec 23, 1990 1.79 in — Dec 24, 1940

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