All-time weather records — Point Comfort, TX

Record high
120.0°F
October 28, 1988
Record low
5.0°F
April 4, 1998
Wettest day
14.65 in
June 26, 1960

Climate change signal in Point Comfort

13.9%

of Point Comfort's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (51 of 366 records since 2015).

6.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (25 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
15
10
1960s
59
60
1970s
85
122
1980s
64
49
1990s
24
27
2000s
35
32
2010s
39
51
2020s
45
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 1957, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1957-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 3, 1989 14.0°F — Jan 11, 1982 4.80 in — Jan 9, 1991
February 91.0°F — Feb 9, 1962 18.0°F — Feb 6, 1989 5.01 in — Feb 25, 1982
March 111.9°F — Mar 15, 1989 23.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 6.86 in — Mar 17, 1997
April 98.1°F — Apr 26, 1989 5.0°F — Apr 4, 1998 5.44 in — Apr 18, 2017
May 99.0°F — May 3, 1984 36.0°F — May 3, 1967 7.30 in — May 7, 1972
June 106.0°F — Jun 19, 1980 52.0°F — Jun 25, 1974 14.65 in — Jun 26, 1960
July 102.9°F — Jul 22, 1986 55.0°F — Jul 5, 1984 5.39 in — Jul 13, 1983
August 106.0°F — Aug 19, 1986 60.1°F — Aug 13, 1967 9.26 in — Aug 26, 2017
September 107.1°F — Sep 6, 2000 30.9°F — Sep 10, 2010 10.06 in — Sep 19, 1979
October 120.0°F — Oct 28, 1988 35.1°F — Oct 31, 1993 6.80 in — Oct 19, 1984
November 98.1°F — Nov 5, 1998 26.1°F — Nov 18, 1959 6.89 in — Nov 9, 1986
December 86.0°F — Dec 11, 1983 9.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.10 in — Dec 17, 1995

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