All-time weather records — Sweetwater, TX

Record high
113.0°F
June 27, 1994
Record low
-11.0°F
January 5, 1947
Wettest day
8.28 in
September 9, 1980

Climate change signal in Sweetwater

23.5%

of Sweetwater's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (86 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
5
15
1940s
27
74
1950s
73
55
1960s
34
39
1970s
33
46
1980s
25
40
1990s
32
31
2000s
27
23
2010s
40
28
2020s
70
15

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 1938, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1935-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 25, 1952 -11.0°F — Jan 5, 1947 2.20 in — Jan 11, 1973
February 91.0°F — Feb 12, 2017 -9.0°F — Feb 2, 1985 2.45 in — Feb 20, 1985
March 100.9°F — Mar 23, 2026 3.9°F — Mar 21, 1993 2.70 in — Mar 21, 1979
April 104.0°F — Apr 26, 2012 21.9°F — Apr 9, 1973 3.73 in — Apr 20, 2006
May 109.9°F — May 25, 2000 30.0°F — May 29, 1983 3.90 in — May 10, 1994
June 113.0°F — Jun 27, 1994 43.0°F — Jun 1, 1983 3.86 in — Jun 3, 1991
July 109.9°F — Jul 15, 2020 6.1°F — Jul 23, 1997 4.15 in — Jul 27, 1991
August 111.0°F — Aug 23, 2024 48.9°F — Aug 31, 2009 6.25 in — Aug 18, 2007
September 107.1°F — Sep 27, 1953 35.1°F — Sep 24, 1989 8.28 in — Sep 9, 1980
October 102.0°F — Oct 8, 1979 16.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 7.50 in — Oct 25, 1947
November 90.0°F — Nov 7, 1980 10.9°F — Nov 24, 1938 2.90 in — Nov 2, 1975
December 88.0°F — Dec 4, 1954 -6.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.80 in — Dec 8, 1980

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