All-time weather records — Tombstone, AZ

Record high
111.9°F
July 4, 1989
Record low
3.0°F
December 8, 1978
Wettest day
3.10 in
February 21, 2013

Climate change signal in Tombstone

17.2%

of Tombstone's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (63 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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
·
13
1900s
15
36
1910s
57
43
1920s
18
42
1930s
9
44
1940s
26
51
1950s
61
35
1960s
18
40
1970s
10
17
1980s
37
4
1990s
26
9
2000s
21
8
2010s
32
14
2020s
36
10

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 1904, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 26, 1963 6.1°F — Jan 11, 1962 3.00 in — Jan 19, 1916
February 96.1°F — Feb 7, 1963 5.0°F — Feb 3, 2011 3.10 in — Feb 21, 2013
March 93.0°F — Mar 20, 2026 12.0°F — Mar 17, 1963 3.00 in — Mar 19, 2015
April 99.0°F — Apr 20, 1989 23.0°F — Apr 17, 1976 1.54 in — Apr 5, 2004
May 104.0°F — May 12, 1996 30.9°F — May 1, 1967 1.24 in — May 28, 1907
June 109.9°F — Jun 20, 2016 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1899 2.30 in — Jun 30, 1996
July 111.9°F — Jul 4, 1989 44.1°F — Jul 16, 2018 2.65 in — Jul 9, 1949
August 106.0°F — Aug 4, 1995 53.1°F — Aug 29, 1910 2.53 in — Aug 29, 1910
September 106.0°F — Sep 4, 1917 43.0°F — Sep 27, 1908 2.96 in — Sep 11, 1938
October 100.0°F — Oct 6, 1917 27.0°F — Oct 30, 1971 2.10 in — Oct 12, 2000
November 91.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 18.0°F — Nov 23, 1957 2.64 in — Nov 22, 1919
December 84.0°F — Dec 18, 1950 3.0°F — Dec 8, 1978 1.80 in — Dec 18, 1987

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