All-time weather records — Willows, CA

Record high
117.0°F
July 15, 1972
Record low
10.9°F
December 2, 2001
Wettest day
3.80 in
February 11, 1925

Climate change signal in Willows

12.6%

of Willows's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (46 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
2
6
1910s
42
57
1920s
34
43
1930s
39
37
1940s
31
18
1950s
33
36
1960s
22
23
1970s
17
30
1980s
18
48
1990s
25
33
2000s
40
21
2010s
40
13
2020s
23
1

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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1906-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 16, 2014 15.1°F — Jan 9, 1937 2.86 in — Jan 31, 1926
February 82.9°F — Feb 3, 2018 21.0°F — Feb 4, 1989 3.80 in — Feb 11, 1925
March 90.0°F — Mar 17, 2026 21.0°F — Mar 13, 1918 3.58 in — Mar 9, 1995
April 100.9°F — Apr 16, 1947 21.9°F — Apr 14, 2003 2.10 in — Apr 5, 1926
May 109.0°F — May 24, 2000 28.9°F — May 21, 2002 1.55 in — May 16, 1996
June 113.0°F — Jun 16, 1961 37.9°F — Jun 16, 1939 1.23 in — Jun 29, 1982
July 117.0°F — Jul 15, 1972 43.0°F — Jul 24, 1990 0.99 in — Jul 2, 1924
August 115.0°F — Aug 9, 1990 42.1°F — Aug 23, 1938 0.99 in — Aug 1, 1924
September 115.0°F — Sep 2, 1950 35.1°F — Sep 28, 1999 2.60 in — Sep 6, 1912
October 105.1°F — Oct 2, 2001 30.0°F — Oct 26, 1919 2.93 in — Oct 24, 2021
November 91.9°F — Nov 2, 1967 14.0°F — Nov 16, 1988 3.20 in — Nov 9, 1964
December 81.0°F — Dec 15, 1980 10.9°F — Dec 2, 2001 3.29 in — Dec 29, 1933

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