All-time weather records — Taos, NM

Record high
100.9°F
July 28, 1894
Record low
-27.0°F
January 6, 1971
Wettest day
2.90 in
May 18, 1955

Climate change signal in Taos

0%

of Taos's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 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
71
27
1900s
47
19
1910s
8
20
1920s
23
32
1930s
61
47
1940s
7
63
1950s
17
33
1960s
17
27
1970s
5
60
1980s
28
20
1990s
17
14
2000s
65
4
2010s
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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 1893, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1892-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 7, 2006 -27.0°F — Jan 6, 1971 1.60 in — Jan 15, 1908
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 1932 -27.0°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.10 in — Feb 18, 1955
March 80.1°F — Mar 19, 1907 -11.0°F — Mar 1, 1929 0.99 in — Mar 12, 1985
April 82.0°F — Apr 14, 2006 0.0°F — Apr 14, 1933 1.55 in — Apr 22, 1909
May 99.0°F — May 27, 2006 12.9°F — May 6, 1917 2.90 in — May 18, 1955
June 98.1°F — Jun 3, 2006 28.0°F — Jun 7, 1954 2.20 in — Jun 27, 2000
July 100.9°F — Jul 28, 1894 34.0°F — Jul 4, 1903 2.50 in — Jul 12, 2000
August 99.0°F — Aug 1, 1938 36.0°F — Aug 21, 1964 1.81 in — Aug 14, 1993
September 95.0°F — Sep 14, 1895 21.9°F — Sep 29, 1936 1.62 in — Sep 29, 1904
October 89.1°F — Oct 1, 1908 0.0°F — Oct 22, 1996 1.43 in — Oct 14, 1944
November 82.9°F — Nov 2, 1931 -20.9°F — Nov 29, 1976 1.62 in — Nov 11, 1902
December 66.9°F — Dec 2, 1903 -27.0°F — Dec 24, 1990 1.12 in — Dec 26, 1944

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