All-time weather records — Waco, TX

Record high
129.0°F
July 19, 1999
Record low
-4.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
9.32 in
October 24, 2015

Climate change signal in Waco

19.7%

of Waco's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (72 of 366 records since 2015).

9.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (34 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 #
1960s
15
26
1970s
40
77
1980s
50
87
1990s
84
90
2000s
70
29
2010s
58
46
2020s
49
11

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 1965, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1965-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 99.0°F — Jan 24, 1982 6.1°F — Jan 11, 1982 3.53 in — Jan 9, 2013
February 97.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 1.9°F — Feb 20, 2021 3.37 in — Feb 12, 2020
March 96.1°F — Mar 29, 1971 15.1°F — Mar 2, 1980 6.12 in — Mar 20, 2012
April 96.1°F — Apr 17, 2006 25.0°F — Apr 9, 2003 3.48 in — Apr 11, 1967
May 100.0°F — May 31, 2003 39.9°F — May 3, 2013 4.55 in — May 10, 1968
June 109.0°F — Jun 15, 1998 39.9°F — Jun 1, 2015 3.75 in — Jun 24, 2017
July 129.0°F — Jul 19, 1999 55.9°F — Jul 28, 1994 4.30 in — Jul 15, 1973
August 109.0°F — Aug 26, 2023 42.1°F — Aug 21, 1996 3.91 in — Aug 26, 2020
September 111.9°F — Sep 5, 2000 39.0°F — Sep 26, 2000 4.14 in — Sep 2, 2020
October 104.0°F — Oct 27, 2023 26.1°F — Oct 31, 1993 9.32 in — Oct 24, 2015
November 100.0°F — Nov 3, 1998 17.1°F — Nov 12, 2019 2.83 in — Nov 4, 1965
December 84.0°F — Dec 5, 1977 -4.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.00 in — Dec 31, 2000

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