All-time weather records — Smithville, TX

Record high
111.0°F
July 27, 1954
Record low
-27.9°F
October 24, 2002
Wettest day
80.00 in
February 23, 1982

Climate change signal in Smithville

2.7%

of Smithville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (10 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
18
23
1930s
121
31
1940s
83
25
1950s
39
34
1960s
8
14
1970s
8
20
1980s
12
78
1990s
22
75
2000s
30
36
2010s
22
30
2020s
3
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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 1921, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1917-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 16, 1936 -0.9°F — Jan 18, 1930 4.50 in — Jan 4, 1932
February 96.1°F — Feb 21, 1986 6.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 80.00 in — Feb 23, 1982
March 98.1°F — Mar 7, 1991 0.0°F — Mar 7, 2015 3.38 in — Mar 27, 1923
April 102.0°F — Apr 2, 1939 21.9°F — Apr 5, 2011 70.00 in — Apr 2, 1983
May 102.9°F — May 15, 1955 30.0°F — May 4, 2013 6.54 in — May 25, 1933
June 107.1°F — Jun 30, 2013 41.0°F — Jun 18, 1989 16.05 in — Jun 30, 1940
July 111.0°F — Jul 27, 1954 12.0°F — Jul 30, 2004 6.00 in — Jul 1, 1936
August 109.9°F — Aug 10, 1936 50.0°F — Aug 10, 1989 12.90 in — Aug 27, 2017
September 111.0°F — Sep 5, 2000 39.0°F — Sep 29, 2008 6.67 in — Sep 17, 1964
October 105.1°F — Oct 2, 1938 -27.9°F — Oct 24, 2002 9.53 in — Oct 18, 1998
November 93.9°F — Nov 5, 1948 6.1°F — Nov 21, 1990 4.40 in — Nov 5, 1940
December 91.0°F — Dec 10, 1952 3.0°F — Dec 22, 1929 3.65 in — Dec 23, 1986

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