All-time weather records — Questa, NM

Record high
100.0°F
June 19, 1924
Record low
-63.0°F
January 11, 1987
Wettest day
7.50 in
August 17, 1922

Climate change signal in Questa

18.3%

of Questa's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (67 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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
15
37
1920s
45
78
1930s
63
31
1940s
20
31
1950s
36
31
1960s
11
24
1970s
7
40
1980s
28
23
1990s
24
16
2000s
38
21
2010s
34
19
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 1910, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1910-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 16, 2000 -63.0°F — Jan 11, 1987 1.27 in — Jan 1, 1974
February 64.9°F — Feb 26, 1986 -33.0°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.10 in — Feb 7, 1937
March 77.0°F — Mar 30, 1933 -16.1°F — Mar 6, 1939 1.62 in — Mar 12, 1985
April 82.0°F — Apr 29, 1981 -18.0°F — Apr 1, 1980 1.73 in — Apr 5, 1912
May 95.0°F — May 31, 2002 10.9°F — May 2, 2008 2.19 in — May 8, 1936
June 100.0°F — Jun 19, 1924 21.9°F — Jun 1, 1919 1.46 in — Jun 4, 1950
July 97.0°F — Jul 8, 1947 23.0°F — Jul 23, 1933 1.60 in — Jul 21, 1921
August 98.1°F — Aug 2, 1937 30.0°F — Aug 9, 1928 7.50 in — Aug 17, 1922
September 96.1°F — Sep 2, 1927 10.0°F — Sep 13, 1927 2.00 in — Sep 23, 1934
October 88.0°F — Oct 12, 1933 -2.9°F — Oct 22, 1996 1.80 in — Oct 4, 1911
November 77.0°F — Nov 5, 1928 -20.0°F — Nov 27, 1911 1.08 in — Nov 19, 1975
December 73.0°F — Dec 7, 1978 -29.9°F — Dec 23, 1990 1.54 in — Dec 5, 1913

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