All-time weather records — Silver City, NM

Record high
109.9°F
July 17, 2005
Record low
-11.9°F
January 7, 1913
Wettest day
6.80 in
November 5, 1982

Climate change signal in Silver City

7.4%

of Silver City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
15
21
1900s
22
19
1910s
21
41
1920s
15
19
1930s
18
12
1940s
15
26
1950s
91
71
1960s
7
79
1970s
19
17
1980s
32
35
1990s
39
19
2000s
41
4
2010s
4
3
2020s
27
·

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 13, 1986 -11.9°F — Jan 7, 1913 1.87 in — Jan 9, 1905
February 84.0°F — Feb 16, 1985 -6.0°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.43 in — Feb 25, 1948
March 91.0°F — Mar 20, 2026 7.0°F — Mar 3, 1965 2.00 in — Mar 10, 1912
April 95.0°F — Apr 28, 1992 12.9°F — Apr 1, 1949 1.17 in — Apr 26, 1919
May 99.0°F — May 26, 1951 23.0°F — May 1, 1967 1.77 in — May 28, 2005
June 106.0°F — Jun 26, 1994 30.0°F — Jun 3, 1962 2.50 in — Jun 28, 1966
July 109.9°F — Jul 17, 2005 42.1°F — Jul 11, 1976 3.10 in — Jul 18, 2002
August 102.0°F — Aug 14, 1953 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1980 3.55 in — Aug 31, 1925
September 100.0°F — Sep 3, 1899 28.9°F — Sep 30, 1945 2.50 in — Sep 14, 1966
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 1954 19.0°F — Oct 23, 1906 2.89 in — Oct 8, 1904
November 81.0°F — Nov 12, 1953 -0.9°F — Nov 20, 1906 6.80 in — Nov 5, 1982
December 73.0°F — Dec 2, 2008 -2.9°F — Dec 24, 1953 1.60 in — Dec 5, 1994

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