All-time weather records — Sterling City, TX

Record high
111.9°F
June 27, 1994
Record low
-13.0°F
February 2, 1985
Wettest day
6.53 in
July 6, 1948

Climate change signal in Sterling City

3.6%

of Sterling City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (13 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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 #
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
52
58
1970s
105
87
1980s
55
71
1990s
57
26
2000s
67
74
2010s
30
50
2020s
·
·

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 1964, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1926-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 87.1°F — Jan 4, 2006 1.0°F — Jan 11, 1982 2.27 in — Jan 8, 1961
February 93.9°F — Feb 23, 1996 -13.0°F — Feb 2, 1985 2.01 in — Feb 20, 1997
March 98.1°F — Mar 28, 1971 3.9°F — Mar 2, 1980 2.34 in — Mar 27, 1977
April 102.0°F — Apr 26, 2012 19.9°F — Apr 9, 1973 3.90 in — Apr 26, 1941
May 109.0°F — May 25, 2000 30.0°F — May 3, 2011 4.27 in — May 10, 1947
June 111.9°F — Jun 27, 1994 12.9°F — Jun 15, 2006 2.70 in — Jun 25, 1938
July 109.0°F — Jul 3, 1980 46.9°F — Jul 13, 2006 6.53 in — Jul 6, 1948
August 108.0°F — Aug 7, 1964 50.0°F — Aug 6, 2006 4.00 in — Aug 13, 2005
September 106.0°F — Sep 6, 2000 32.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 5.65 in — Sep 29, 2012
October 104.0°F — Oct 1, 1977 23.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.12 in — Oct 23, 2015
November 93.0°F — Nov 8, 1980 10.0°F — Nov 30, 1979 3.05 in — Nov 2, 1975
December 88.0°F — Dec 2, 2016 -7.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.15 in — Dec 7, 1926

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