All-time weather records — Plains, TX

Record high
111.0°F
June 26, 1994
Record low
-11.9°F
January 29, 1948
Wettest day
6.11 in
July 5, 1960

Climate change signal in Plains

23.2%

of Plains's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (85 of 366 records since 2015).

7.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (29 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 #
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
14
19
1950s
36
65
1960s
38
77
1970s
48
64
1980s
39
68
1990s
50
18
2000s
25
10
2010s
52
24
2020s
64
21

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 1946, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1925-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 18, 2000 -11.9°F — Jan 29, 1948 1.30 in — Jan 23, 1980
February 96.1°F — Feb 14, 1990 -11.9°F — Feb 1, 1951 1.77 in — Feb 21, 1961
March 99.0°F — Mar 23, 2026 3.0°F — Mar 4, 1987 2.77 in — Mar 18, 1999
April 98.1°F — Apr 22, 1965 16.0°F — Apr 9, 1973 4.00 in — Apr 30, 1999
May 107.1°F — May 25, 2000 25.0°F — May 2, 1967 3.83 in — May 5, 2015
June 111.0°F — Jun 26, 1994 30.0°F — Jun 26, 1982 2.80 in — Jun 26, 1932
July 109.0°F — Jul 12, 1998 50.0°F — Jul 8, 1952 6.11 in — Jul 5, 1960
August 106.0°F — Aug 16, 1969 44.1°F — Aug 8, 1993 5.40 in — Aug 22, 1966
September 104.0°F — Sep 9, 2023 34.0°F — Sep 28, 1973 5.55 in — Sep 26, 1958
October 100.0°F — Oct 1, 1977 12.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 6.00 in — Oct 2, 1955
November 88.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 -2.0°F — Nov 23, 1957 2.76 in — Nov 16, 2004
December 82.0°F — Dec 26, 2025 -4.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.00 in — Dec 10, 1982

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