All-time weather records — Taft, TX

Record high
111.0°F
September 6, 2000
Record low
16.0°F
January 12, 1975
Wettest day
14.40 in
September 13, 1974

Climate change signal in Taft

36.6%

of Taft's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (134 of 366 records since 2015).

20.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (74 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 #
1960s
·
·
1970s
6
10
1980s
·
·
1990s
53
130
2000s
114
105
2010s
91
84
2020s
102
37

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 1975, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1964-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 22, 2017 16.0°F — Jan 12, 1975 4.88 in — Jan 8, 1984
February 93.0°F — Feb 28, 1975 19.0°F — Feb 27, 2002 4.83 in — Feb 14, 1969
March 93.9°F — Mar 6, 1991 21.0°F — Mar 4, 2002 5.85 in — Mar 28, 1992
April 99.0°F — Apr 29, 2014 37.9°F — Apr 8, 2007 5.92 in — Apr 10, 1985
May 100.0°F — May 9, 1998 46.0°F — May 5, 2013 5.22 in — May 1, 2021
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 2012 57.9°F — Jun 1, 1975 6.79 in — Jun 20, 2024
July 108.0°F — Jul 1, 2013 66.0°F — Jul 25, 2019 7.12 in — Jul 15, 1983
August 106.0°F — Aug 30, 2011 63.0°F — Aug 13, 2004 6.90 in — Aug 26, 2017
September 111.0°F — Sep 6, 2000 48.0°F — Sep 30, 1992 14.40 in — Sep 13, 1974
October 97.0°F — Oct 11, 2020 27.0°F — Oct 30, 1993 8.66 in — Oct 18, 1998
November 91.0°F — Nov 27, 1994 26.1°F — Nov 27, 1993 4.85 in — Nov 10, 1992
December 88.0°F — Dec 31, 2024 19.0°F — Dec 17, 1996 4.75 in — Dec 21, 1991

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