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Weather extremes

How extreme does Amarillo's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Amarillo has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Amarillo Rick Husband Intl Airport station 10 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Amarillo has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
111°F Jun 26, 2011

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Amarillo (typical high near 91°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 111°F Jun 26, 2011
2 111°F Jun 27, 2011
3 110°F Jul 13, 2020
❄️ Coldest night
-11°F Feb 15, 2021

About 37°F colder than a normal February night in Amarillo (typical low near 26°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -11°F Feb 15, 2021recent
2 -6°F Feb 10, 2011
3 -6°F Feb 11, 2011
🌧️ Most rain in one day
6.66 in Jul 8, 2010

More rain in a single day than Amarillo usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 3.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 6.66 in Jul 8, 2010
2 3.96 in Jul 30, 1997
3 3.74 in May 3, 2007

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 111°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Amarillo's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 111°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Amarillo's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 111°F and as low as −11°F. A single day has delivered over 7 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Amarillo Rick Husband Intl Airport, a weather station, about 10 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →