All-time weather records — Rankin, TX

Record high
113.0°F
June 20, 1934
Record low
-2.0°F
January 11, 1962
Wettest day
9.13 in
October 4, 1986

Climate change signal in Rankin

16.7%

of Rankin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (61 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1930s
61
35
1940s
33
48
1950s
41
50
1960s
31
34
1970s
28
65
1980s
19
49
1990s
31
36
2000s
34
14
2010s
46
19
2020s
42
16

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 1932, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1932-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 23, 1943 -2.0°F — Jan 11, 1962 1.68 in — Jan 21, 1994
February 93.9°F — Feb 24, 1986 -0.9°F — Feb 2, 1985 2.34 in — Feb 6, 2002
March 100.0°F — Mar 31, 2026 12.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 1.84 in — Mar 27, 1999
April 105.1°F — Apr 26, 2012 26.1°F — Apr 7, 1938 3.61 in — Apr 30, 2007
May 109.0°F — May 22, 1953 24.1°F — May 29, 1996 3.35 in — May 28, 1932
June 113.0°F — Jun 20, 1934 44.1°F — Jun 2, 1970 3.54 in — Jun 3, 1978
July 111.9°F — Jul 31, 1932 60.1°F — Jul 8, 1952 3.00 in — Jul 9, 2010
August 113.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 55.0°F — Aug 31, 1944 8.64 in — Aug 25, 2010
September 108.0°F — Sep 1, 1952 37.9°F — Sep 24, 1989 6.70 in — Sep 19, 1974
October 102.9°F — Oct 1, 1977 21.9°F — Oct 31, 2019 9.13 in — Oct 4, 1986
November 93.0°F — Nov 8, 2023 12.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 3.02 in — Nov 15, 2001
December 91.0°F — Dec 4, 1954 6.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.74 in — Dec 10, 2019

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