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Weather extremes

How extreme does McKinney's weather get?

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

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Lavon Dam station 22 km away. Updated through March 2026 — 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 McKinney has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
111°F Jun 5, 1998

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in McKinney (typical high near 88°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 111°F Jun 5, 1998
2 111°F Sep 5, 2000
3 110°F Sep 2, 2000
❄️ Coldest night
-3°F Dec 23, 1989

About 39°F colder than a normal December night in McKinney (typical low near 36°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -3°F Dec 23, 1989
2 3°F Dec 22, 1989
3 5°F Jan 11, 1982
🌧️ Most rain in one day
10.00 in Feb 19, 1982

More rain in a single day than McKinney usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 2.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 10.00 in Feb 19, 1982
2 7.52 in Sep 24, 2018
3 6.80 in Oct 24, 2015
Most snow in one day
3.0 in Dec 27, 2000

Close to a whole typical December's snow in one day (McKinney averages about 0 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.0 in Dec 27, 2000
2 1.4 in Mar 5, 1989
3 1.2 in Dec 26, 2000

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

McKinney's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 111°F is about 23°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, McKinney's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 111°F and as low as −3°F. A single day has delivered over 10 inches of rain or close to 3 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Richardson (NOAA GHCN station USC00417588), about 25 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →