Childress, TX

Texas · Records since 1893–2026

🌙 67°F Feels like 62°
Currently in Childress
As of 5:45 PM CST

Records for November 12

🔥 Record High

87°F

November 12, 1938

+21° from 66° normal

❄ Record Low

12°F

November 12, 2019

-28° from 40° normal
🌞 Normal high: 66°F 🌑 Normal low: 40°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Childress

🔥
117°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 26, 2011
❄
-13°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 17, 1930
🌧
5.32"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 20, 1983
☃
13.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 2, 1943

First & Last Dates — Childress

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
260 days
Longest growing season
1953
190 days
Shortest growing season
1907
221 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 12

# Temp Date
🏆 87°F November 12, 1938
2 86°F November 12, 1995
3 83°F November 12, 1955
4 82°F November 12, 1971
5 82°F November 12, 1967
6 81°F November 12, 1999
7 81°F November 12, 1959
8 81°F November 12, 1903
9 80°F November 12, 2011
10 80°F November 12, 2005

Top 5 Record Lows — November 12

# Temp Date
🥶 12°F November 12, 2019
2 17°F November 12, 1907
3 17°F November 12, 1904
4 20°F November 12, 1986
5 24°F November 12, 2014
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1893–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Childress

threshold: 103°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
108°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
96
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
5
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
137
2026 so far
99
Avg/year 1970–2025
113
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
142
Most in a year (1939)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Childress

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 23, 2011 – Aug 10, 2011 19 110°F (Aug 8) 106°F 78°F
2 Jul 31, 1943 – Aug 16, 1943 17 115°F (Aug 3) 108°F 74°F
3 Aug 11, 2024 – Aug 25, 2024 15 111°F (Aug 23) 107°F 76°F
4 Aug 7, 1934 – Aug 21, 1934 15 107°F (Aug 14) 105°F 78°F
5 Aug 16, 2011 – Aug 28, 2011 13 110°F (Aug 28) 106°F 76°F
6 Jul 8, 1980 – Jul 20, 1980 13 106°F (Jul 14) 104°F 75°F
7 Jun 23, 1980 – Jul 4, 1980 12 112°F (Jun 24) 108°F 77°F
8 Aug 6, 1936 – Aug 16, 1936 11 114°F (Aug 12) 108°F 75°F
9 Aug 19, 1943 – Aug 29, 1943 11 111°F (Aug 20) 106°F 71°F
10 Jul 18, 1943 – Jul 28, 1943 11 110°F (Jul 23) 106°F 72°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

66
2026 total
above-normal nights
37.4
Avg / summer
1970–2020
85
Most in a summer
2011

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1893–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1893, annual totals have trended +0.33" per decade, about +4.4" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Childress is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

219 of 314 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

17.57"
2026 YTD
Normal: 22.12"
-4.55"
0.01"
November so far
November normal: 1.19"
-1.18"
4
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Childress is 4.55" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 12 – Nov 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
76.7°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 103
+6.7°
vs. average
Normal: 70.0°F (1991–2020)
6.55"
Precipitation
48th-wettest of 109
+0.09"
vs. average
Normal: 6.46" · 101% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 12 – Nov 10

1894–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Aug 12 – Nov 10

1902–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.03" per decade (drier since 1902)

Warmest Aug 12 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 76.7°F
2 2024 75.5°F
3 1931 75.1°F
4 1939 73.7°F
5 2023 73.6°F
6 1938 73.5°F
7 1956 73.4°F
8 1983 73.4°F
9 2021 73.3°F
10 1963 73.3°F

Coolest Aug 12 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1991 65.8°F
2 1974 66.2°F
3 1966 66.3°F
4 1976 66.4°F
5 1906 66.7°F
6 1996 66.9°F
7 1967 67.1°F
8 1969 67.4°F
9 2002 67.7°F
10 1986 67.7°F

Wettest Aug 12 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2008 16.64"
2 1941 15.66"
3 1926 14.80"
4 1960 13.20"
5 2006 13.14"
6 1986 13.10"
7 1936 12.98"
8 2018 12.80"
9 1974 12.64"
10 1942 11.51"

Driest Aug 12 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1952 1.23"
2 1958 1.43"
3 1954 1.43"
4 1993 1.47"
5 1992 1.83"
6 2021 1.91"
7 1999 2.00"
8 1914 2.11"
9 1903 2.17"
10 1977 2.28"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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