How extreme does Temple's weather get?

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

Based on 48 years of daily weather observations (1978–present), from the Killeen station 33 km away. Updated through April 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 Temple has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

112°F Sep 4, 2000

That is about 22°F hotter than a normal September afternoon in Temple (typical high near 90°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 112°F Sep 4, 2000

2 112°F Sep 6, 2000

3 111°F Sep 2, 2000

❄️ Coldest night

-11°F May 25, 1987

About 74°F colder than a normal May night in Temple (typical low near 63°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -11°F May 25, 1987

2 -6°F Feb 28, 1987

3 -2°F Dec 23, 1989

🌧️ Most rain in one day

11.13 in Sep 8, 2010

More rain in a single day than Temple usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 3.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 11.13 in Sep 8, 2010

2 5.63 in Oct 18, 1998

3 4.95 in Mar 31, 1993

⛄ Most snow in one day

1.0 in Feb 7, 1988

The three most extreme on record

1 1.0 in Feb 7, 1988

2 0.2 in Jan 2, 1985

3 0.2 in Jan 13, 1985

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.

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Temple's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — September's 112°F is about 22°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, Temple's warmest days reach the high 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 112°F and as low as −11°F. A single day has delivered over 11 inches of rain or close to 1 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 — 1991–2020 normals computed from 11 years of daily observations at Temple, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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