All-time weather records — Palestine, TX

Record high
114.1°F
July 26, 1954
Record low
-4.0°F
January 18, 1930
Wettest day
9.10 in
August 14, 1991

Climate change signal in Palestine

9.6%

of Palestine's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (35 of 366 records since 2015).

7.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (28 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
37
19
1940s
22
18
1950s
105
22
1960s
40
48
1970s
18
46
1980s
19
71
1990s
44
48
2000s
27
39
2010s
41
40
2020s
13
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 1930, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1930-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 23, 1943 -4.0°F — Jan 18, 1930 7.00 in — Jan 24, 1987
February 91.9°F — Feb 20, 1986 0.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.75 in — Feb 22, 2003
March 95.0°F — Mar 30, 1946 14.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 3.61 in — Mar 30, 1965
April 95.0°F — Apr 10, 1963 28.0°F — Apr 11, 1989 7.78 in — Apr 30, 2016
May 99.0°F — May 30, 1998 37.0°F — May 4, 2013 6.40 in — May 18, 2019
June 102.9°F — Jun 15, 1998 37.0°F — Jun 25, 1999 6.32 in — Jun 9, 2010
July 114.1°F — Jul 26, 1954 54.0°F — Jul 15, 1990 7.25 in — Jul 8, 2024
August 109.9°F — Aug 31, 1954 53.1°F — Aug 9, 1989 9.10 in — Aug 14, 1991
September 109.0°F — Sep 4, 2000 39.9°F — Sep 22, 1983 6.09 in — Sep 4, 1932
October 100.9°F — Oct 1, 1953 27.0°F — Oct 20, 1989 8.86 in — Oct 14, 1957
November 88.0°F — Nov 8, 1994 18.0°F — Nov 14, 2019 7.11 in — Nov 23, 1940
December 84.0°F — Dec 4, 2005 -0.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.04 in — Dec 15, 1992

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