All-time weather records — Tucumcari, NM

Record high
111.0°F
June 12, 2022
Record low
-54.0°F
June 9, 1925
Wettest day
4.41 in
June 21, 1971

Climate change signal in Tucumcari

29.5%

of Tucumcari's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (108 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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 #
1900s
7
23
1910s
18
42
1920s
15
34
1930s
18
33
1940s
16
31
1950s
22
34
1960s
10
49
1970s
28
22
1980s
22
28
1990s
32
27
2000s
49
12
2010s
39
19
2020s
90
12

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 1905, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1904-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 17, 1974 -22.0°F — Jan 13, 1963 1.15 in — Jan 22, 1968
February 87.1°F — Feb 4, 2025 -16.1°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.61 in — Feb 28, 1931
March 100.9°F — Mar 27, 2026 -2.9°F — Mar 5, 1948 2.32 in — Mar 24, 2007
April 97.0°F — Apr 22, 1965 14.0°F — Apr 8, 1973 2.10 in — Apr 22, 1905
May 102.9°F — May 24, 2000 25.0°F — May 7, 1917 3.79 in — May 11, 1944
June 111.0°F — Jun 12, 2022 -54.0°F — Jun 9, 1925 4.41 in — Jun 21, 1971
July 109.9°F — Jul 20, 2022 21.9°F — Jul 6, 1941 4.05 in — Jul 21, 2015
August 109.0°F — Aug 1, 2024 48.9°F — Aug 25, 1910 3.62 in — Aug 14, 1980
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 2011 30.0°F — Sep 26, 1970 2.93 in — Sep 2, 2005
October 97.0°F — Oct 4, 2000 12.0°F — Oct 30, 1993 2.91 in — Oct 17, 1960
November 90.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -2.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.90 in — Nov 4, 1986
December 84.0°F — Dec 12, 2025 -11.9°F — Dec 23, 1990 2.20 in — Dec 27, 2015

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