All-time weather records — Rio Grande City, TX

Record high
116.1°F
June 14, 1998
Record low
0.0°F
July 19, 2014
Wettest day
12.51 in
September 22, 1967

Climate change signal in Rio Grande City

12%

of Rio Grande City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1890s
·
3
1900s
29
20
1910s
·
·
1920s
6
·
1930s
33
41
1940s
52
53
1950s
49
31
1960s
31
58
1970s
17
86
1980s
23
35
1990s
43
16
2000s
33
6
2010s
19
9
2020s
31
8

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 1900, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 97.0°F — Jan 2, 2022 1.9°F — Jan 10, 2013 3.30 in — Jan 4, 1915
February 104.0°F — Feb 26, 1902 1.0°F — Feb 13, 2014 3.21 in — Feb 2, 1948
March 108.0°F — Mar 14, 1902 25.0°F — Mar 4, 1971 3.44 in — Mar 28, 2025
April 111.9°F — Apr 10, 1963 25.0°F — Apr 1, 1987 4.34 in — Apr 21, 1968
May 111.9°F — May 2, 1948 44.1°F — May 1, 1944 6.30 in — May 4, 1904
June 116.1°F — Jun 14, 1998 8.1°F — Jun 18, 1998 6.13 in — Jun 21, 1993
July 111.0°F — Jul 6, 1998 0.0°F — Jul 19, 2014 4.32 in — Jul 31, 1938
August 115.0°F — Aug 13, 1947 60.1°F — Aug 5, 1942 4.97 in — Aug 29, 1981
September 111.0°F — Sep 6, 2000 45.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 12.51 in — Sep 22, 1967
October 104.0°F — Oct 1, 1905 28.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.00 in — Oct 12, 2003
November 99.0°F — Nov 1, 1947 21.9°F — Nov 21, 1969 4.10 in — Nov 2, 1914
December 97.0°F — Dec 6, 1977 15.1°F — Dec 21, 1973 2.60 in — Dec 11, 2011

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Rio Grande City.