All-time weather records — Oxford, AL

Record high
106.0°F
August 21, 1983
Record low
-5.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.96 in
March 29, 1977

Climate change signal in Oxford

13.1%

of Oxford's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (48 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1900s
8
44
1930s
4
7
1940s
20
15
1950s
89
72
1960s
34
67
1970s
50
39
1980s
38
45
1990s
21
27
2000s
36
25
2010s
56
18
2020s
10
7

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 1903, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1903-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 1, 2022 -5.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 5.07 in — Jan 4, 1972
February 84.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -4.0°F — Feb 14, 1905 3.68 in — Feb 9, 1946
March 89.1°F — Mar 9, 1974 12.0°F — Mar 14, 1993 7.96 in — Mar 29, 1977
April 93.0°F — Apr 17, 1955 26.1°F — Apr 8, 2007 6.15 in — Apr 29, 1963
May 98.1°F — May 16, 1962 34.0°F — May 13, 1960 3.45 in — May 7, 2003
June 104.0°F — Jun 28, 1931 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1972 3.60 in — Jun 4, 1950
July 105.1°F — Jul 13, 1980 50.0°F — Jul 15, 1967 5.13 in — Jul 7, 1975
August 106.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 50.0°F — Aug 28, 1952 5.57 in — Aug 24, 1967
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 1957 34.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 4.48 in — Sep 16, 2004
October 100.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 30, 1952 3.96 in — Oct 8, 1977
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 5.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.91 in — Nov 12, 2018
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 1951 1.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.11 in — Dec 20, 1951

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