All-time weather records — Wasco, CA

Record high
116.1°F
July 17, 1935
Record low
12.0°F
January 12, 1921
Wettest day
21.00 in
February 21, 1914

Climate change signal in Wasco

10.7%

of Wasco's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (39 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
33
66
1910s
76
136
1920s
52
112
1930s
34
13
1940s
25
19
1950s
15
3
1960s
8
·
1970s
10
2
1980s
22
2
1990s
12
4
2000s
31
9
2010s
21
·
2020s
27
·

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 1902, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1901-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 31, 1984 12.0°F — Jan 12, 1921 2.80 in — Jan 21, 1921
February 86.0°F — Feb 22, 2002 18.0°F — Feb 19, 1918 21.00 in — Feb 21, 1914
March 100.0°F — Mar 31, 1917 19.9°F — Mar 10, 1911 2.89 in — Mar 31, 1982
April 108.0°F — Apr 27, 1917 21.0°F — Apr 5, 1917 1.80 in — Apr 30, 2023
May 109.0°F — May 31, 1910 27.0°F — May 14, 1928 1.70 in — May 21, 1921
June 113.0°F — Jun 10, 1918 32.0°F — Jun 4, 1908 1.98 in — Jun 12, 1998
July 116.1°F — Jul 17, 1935 46.0°F — Jul 7, 1927 0.30 in — Jul 12, 2023
August 115.0°F — Aug 17, 1917 39.9°F — Aug 23, 1922 2.00 in — Aug 21, 2023
September 113.0°F — Sep 18, 1913 21.0°F — Sep 12, 1911 1.24 in — Sep 5, 1978
October 109.9°F — Oct 22, 1911 14.0°F — Oct 17, 1917 2.00 in — Oct 23, 2023
November 91.9°F — Nov 1, 1949 17.1°F — Nov 29, 1919 2.10 in — Nov 16, 2024
December 84.9°F — Dec 4, 1923 12.9°F — Dec 9, 1919 2.59 in — Dec 19, 2010

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