All-time weather records — Odessa, TX

Record high
906.1°F
January 29, 1979
Record low
-5.1°F
February 2, 1951
Wettest day
4.55 in
September 4, 1986

Climate change signal in Odessa

27%

of Odessa's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (99 of 366 records since 2015).

25.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (92 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 #
1950s
122
179
1960s
·
·
1970s
25
10
1980s
3
2
1990s
·
·
2000s
57
32
2010s
100
96
2020s
59
47

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 1950, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1950-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 906.1°F — Jan 29, 1979 1.9°F — Jan 2, 1979 1.70 in — Jan 2, 2015
February 98.1°F — Feb 12, 1979 -5.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 1.50 in — Feb 2, 1978
March 808.0°F — Mar 5, 1979 16.0°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.97 in — Mar 6, 1970
April 100.9°F — Apr 25, 2012 21.9°F — Apr 14, 2014 2.00 in — Apr 29, 2021
May 107.1°F — May 22, 1953 26.1°F — May 3, 2010 3.51 in — May 23, 1987
June 111.9°F — Jun 20, 1951 50.0°F — Jun 3, 1954 3.23 in — Jun 1, 1979
July 109.9°F — Jul 28, 1954 41.0°F — Jul 16, 2013 3.82 in — Jul 2, 1959
August 109.0°F — Aug 26, 2019 53.1°F — Aug 21, 1953 4.13 in — Aug 29, 1976
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 1951 42.1°F — Sep 1, 2005 4.55 in — Sep 4, 1986
October 102.0°F — Oct 6, 1979 0.0°F — Oct 6, 2014 3.07 in — Oct 14, 1974
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1952 10.9°F — Nov 11, 1950 1.96 in — Nov 7, 2019
December 84.9°F — Dec 4, 1954 5.0°F — Dec 6, 1950 1.19 in — Dec 29, 1969

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