All-time weather records — Tatum, NM

Record high
115.0°F
June 28, 1994
Record low
-16.1°F
January 11, 1962
Wettest day
7.00 in
July 30, 1925

Climate change signal in Tatum

2.7%

of Tatum's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (10 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 #
1910s
1
2
1920s
23
24
1930s
53
40
1940s
30
57
1950s
47
35
1960s
29
40
1970s
43
77
1980s
32
48
1990s
38
16
2000s
36
13
2010s
34
14
2020s
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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 1919, the latest in 2016. Period of observation: 1919-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 21, 1950 -16.1°F — Jan 11, 1962 1.18 in — Jan 8, 1939
February 86.0°F — Feb 12, 1962 -15.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 1.36 in — Feb 20, 1961
March 91.9°F — Mar 14, 1989 -4.0°F — Mar 2, 1922 2.25 in — Mar 27, 1929
April 97.0°F — Apr 22, 1965 10.0°F — Apr 9, 1973 2.23 in — Apr 4, 2004
May 107.1°F — May 25, 2000 25.0°F — May 3, 2013 4.65 in — May 6, 1969
June 115.0°F — Jun 28, 1994 6.1°F — Jun 13, 1990 3.14 in — Jun 20, 1999
July 109.9°F — Jul 5, 1971 6.1°F — Jul 4, 1988 7.00 in — Jul 30, 1925
August 107.1°F — Aug 13, 1936 39.0°F — Aug 20, 1996 2.75 in — Aug 5, 1953
September 105.1°F — Sep 5, 1948 28.0°F — Sep 28, 1973 4.80 in — Sep 26, 1980
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2000 3.9°F — Oct 4, 1987 5.55 in — Oct 11, 1981
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1937 0.0°F — Nov 23, 1957 1.82 in — Nov 4, 1978
December 82.0°F — Dec 4, 1958 -8.0°F — Dec 29, 1983 2.01 in — Dec 11, 1923

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