All-time weather records — Van Horn, TX

Record high
111.9°F
June 25, 1969
Record low
-7.1°F
January 11, 1962
Wettest day
7.00 in
August 22, 1966

Climate change signal in Van Horn

17.8%

of Van Horn's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (65 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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 #
1930s
·
·
1940s
35
56
1950s
57
56
1960s
82
48
1970s
42
28
1980s
47
42
1990s
14
80
2000s
14
20
2010s
41
22
2020s
34
14

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 1942, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1939-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 21, 1974 -7.1°F — Jan 11, 1962 2.00 in — Jan 24, 1974
February 88.0°F — Feb 19, 2016 -2.9°F — Feb 2, 1985 0.92 in — Feb 20, 1997
March 93.9°F — Mar 31, 1946 9.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 0.94 in — Mar 31, 1945
April 100.0°F — Apr 10, 1954 24.1°F — Apr 9, 1973 1.05 in — Apr 28, 1941
May 105.1°F — May 28, 1951 30.9°F — May 3, 2013 1.51 in — May 8, 1959
June 111.9°F — Jun 25, 1969 45.0°F — Jun 1, 1964 3.01 in — Jun 28, 1996
July 108.0°F — Jul 3, 1989 53.1°F — Jul 10, 1946 2.22 in — Jul 22, 1990
August 108.0°F — Aug 4, 1980 46.0°F — Aug 22, 1966 7.00 in — Aug 22, 1966
September 104.0°F — Sep 5, 1948 33.1°F — Sep 27, 1970 3.46 in — Sep 25, 1978
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1977 19.0°F — Oct 28, 2020 2.01 in — Oct 17, 1960
November 87.1°F — Nov 7, 2023 10.0°F — Nov 29, 1948 2.00 in — Nov 29, 1969
December 82.0°F — Dec 1, 1954 0.0°F — Dec 24, 1953 1.30 in — Dec 4, 1984

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