All-time weather records — Wells, NV

Record high
104.0°F
July 20, 1910
Record low
-36.0°F
December 23, 1990
Wettest day
2.50 in
March 15, 1907

Climate change signal in Wells

2.7%

of Wells's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (10 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1890s
14
40
1900s
15
12
1910s
44
37
1930s
10
5
1940s
85
56
1950s
65
58
1960s
26
54
1970s
23
42
1980s
26
21
1990s
35
26
2000s
13
6
2020s
10
9

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 1895, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1895-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 9, 1990 -29.0°F — Jan 25, 1949 1.50 in — Jan 13, 1906
February 66.9°F — Feb 10, 1951 -32.1°F — Feb 13, 1949 0.80 in — Feb 1, 1910
March 77.0°F — Mar 21, 2004 -18.9°F — Mar 4, 1966 2.50 in — Mar 15, 1907
April 82.9°F — Apr 25, 1946 3.9°F — Apr 1, 2020 1.46 in — Apr 8, 1943
May 93.9°F — May 30, 1897 5.0°F — May 31, 1896 1.61 in — May 4, 1971
June 100.0°F — Jun 17, 1940 16.0°F — Jun 2, 1954 1.12 in — Jun 26, 1944
July 104.0°F — Jul 20, 1910 24.1°F — Jul 5, 2003 1.08 in — Jul 30, 1952
August 102.9°F — Aug 12, 1940 21.0°F — Aug 29, 1964 1.10 in — Aug 18, 1965
September 100.0°F — Sep 4, 1950 6.1°F — Sep 25, 1908 1.30 in — Sep 26, 1982
October 86.0°F — Oct 1, 1915 -9.0°F — Oct 27, 1970 1.95 in — Oct 5, 1912
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1941 -23.1°F — Nov 27, 1896 1.41 in — Nov 12, 1944
December 75.0°F — Dec 5, 1913 -36.0°F — Dec 23, 1990 1.20 in — Dec 24, 1904

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