All-time weather records — Payson, AZ

Record high
107.1°F
July 11, 1958
Record low
-9.0°F
December 23, 1990
Wettest day
5.36 in
September 5, 1970

Climate change signal in Payson

12.6%

of Payson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (46 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
4
9
1950s
83
112
1960s
38
68
1970s
32
90
1980s
50
36
1990s
77
32
2000s
31
5
2010s
20
8
2020s
31
6

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1940-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 18, 1971 -8.0°F — Jan 6, 1971 2.57 in — Jan 13, 1997
February 80.1°F — Feb 28, 1986 1.0°F — Feb 28, 1962 2.44 in — Feb 15, 1980
March 90.0°F — Mar 19, 2026 3.0°F — Mar 3, 1966 2.87 in — Mar 1, 1991
April 91.0°F — Apr 26, 1996 15.1°F — Apr 4, 1955 2.11 in — Apr 5, 1999
May 99.0°F — May 12, 1996 21.9°F — May 6, 1975 1.24 in — May 16, 2015
June 106.0°F — Jun 23, 1961 30.9°F — Jun 7, 1993 2.15 in — Jun 13, 1955
July 107.1°F — Jul 11, 1958 39.0°F — Jul 4, 1956 3.10 in — Jul 23, 2021
August 104.0°F — Aug 1, 1993 37.0°F — Aug 31, 1956 3.45 in — Aug 22, 1963
September 102.9°F — Sep 2, 1948 33.1°F — Sep 12, 1985 5.36 in — Sep 5, 1970
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 1980 16.0°F — Oct 30, 1971 3.89 in — Oct 19, 1972
November 82.9°F — Nov 6, 1999 6.1°F — Nov 30, 1975 3.19 in — Nov 11, 1978
December 77.0°F — Dec 9, 1950 -9.0°F — Dec 23, 1990 3.86 in — Dec 29, 2004

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