All-time weather records — Virden, NM

Record high
113.0°F
July 11, 2020
Record low
-2.0°F
January 11, 1962
Wettest day
3.18 in
August 1, 2014

Climate change signal in Virden

31.7%

of Virden's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (116 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
27
64
1940s
4
20
1950s
20
43
1960s
4
38
1970s
19
102
1980s
47
52
1990s
38
25
2000s
73
6
2010s
43
11
2020s
91
5

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 1901, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1901-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 21, 1950 -2.0°F — Jan 11, 1962 1.50 in — Jan 10, 1905
February 87.1°F — Feb 27, 2026 -2.0°F — Feb 3, 2011 1.36 in — Feb 14, 1980
March 95.0°F — Mar 10, 1989 8.1°F — Mar 3, 2002 0.94 in — Mar 20, 1994
April 100.0°F — Apr 27, 2000 12.9°F — Apr 6, 1973 0.90 in — Apr 1, 1905
May 108.0°F — May 29, 2000 21.9°F — May 5, 1950 1.30 in — May 5, 1992
June 111.0°F — Jun 14, 2021 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1902 2.43 in — Jun 8, 1987
July 113.0°F — Jul 11, 2020 42.1°F — Jul 6, 1902 2.04 in — Jul 21, 1987
August 111.0°F — Aug 6, 2025 39.0°F — Aug 1, 1903 3.18 in — Aug 1, 2014
September 105.1°F — Sep 7, 2020 34.0°F — Sep 30, 1905 1.90 in — Sep 10, 1901
October 99.0°F — Oct 1, 2000 12.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.84 in — Oct 5, 1989
November 88.0°F — Nov 5, 2020 6.1°F — Nov 21, 1956 1.40 in — Nov 12, 1994
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 2014 -2.0°F — Dec 24, 1953 1.83 in — Dec 5, 1994

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