All-time weather records — Putnam, TX

Record high
111.0°F
August 23, 2024
Record low
-8.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
6.23 in
June 5, 2005

Climate change signal in Putnam

26%

of Putnam's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (95 of 366 records since 2015).

14.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (54 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 #
1910s
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1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
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1960s
33
33
1970s
53
65
1980s
28
57
1990s
38
47
2000s
70
56
2010s
71
78
2020s
73
30

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 1964, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1911-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 89.1°F — Jan 4, 2006 -2.0°F — Jan 27, 2026 3.14 in — Jan 7, 1961
February 96.1°F — Feb 22, 1996 -7.1°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.18 in — Feb 21, 2018
March 99.0°F — Mar 23, 2026 0.0°F — Mar 12, 1990 4.75 in — Mar 31, 2007
April 102.0°F — Apr 19, 2011 25.0°F — Apr 7, 2009 3.60 in — Apr 25, 1960
May 109.0°F — May 29, 2011 32.0°F — May 27, 1982 4.51 in — May 29, 1971
June 109.9°F — Jun 19, 2011 45.0°F — Jun 12, 2004 6.23 in — Jun 5, 2005
July 109.0°F — Jul 14, 2020 55.9°F — Jul 2, 2013 5.41 in — Jul 16, 2013
August 111.0°F — Aug 23, 2024 52.0°F — Aug 28, 1992 5.00 in — Aug 3, 1978
September 109.0°F — Sep 5, 2000 37.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 4.73 in — Sep 3, 2024
October 100.9°F — Oct 1, 1977 6.1°F — Oct 18, 1984 5.55 in — Oct 9, 2011
November 93.0°F — Nov 6, 2017 16.0°F — Nov 26, 1993 3.80 in — Nov 8, 2024
December 90.0°F — Dec 4, 2005 -8.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.42 in — Dec 20, 1991

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