Texas · THREADEX · 1893–2026

Childress, TX

34.428°N, 100.284°W · station CDSthr · 134 years of record
69°F
forecast low · Jul 15

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Childress.
70°TUE7/1469°WED7/1569°THU7/1670°FRI7/1772°SAT7/1873°SUN7/19

This Day in History · Jul 15

Today ranks

#31 / 107
coldest Jul 15 in 107 yrs of record

Coldest Jul 15 ever

60°F
set in 1897

Mildest Jul 15 ever

85°F
set in 2020

Coldest Jul 15 — Year by Year

Every year's low on Jul 15 at Childress. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
6072851893: 76°F1894: 68°F1897: 60°F1898: 65°F1902: 67°F1903: 69°F1904: 76°F1905: 70°F1906: 66°F1907: 70°F1909: 74°F1928: 72°F1929: 72°F1930: 65°F1931: 71°F1932: 71°F1933: 66°F1934: 76°F1935: 65°F1936: 76°F1937: 79°F1938: 71°F1939: 71°F1940: 64°F1941: 67°F1942: 69°F1943: 69°F1944: 67°F1945: 65°F1946: 77°F1949: 71°F1950: 68°F1951: 72°F1952: 69°F1953: 69°F1954: 75°F1955: 73°F1956: 76°F1957: 73°F1958: 77°F1959: 68°F1960: 66°F1961: 65°F1962: 76°F1963: 69°F1964: 65°F1965: 70°F1966: 75°F1967: 64°F1968: 70°F1969: 77°F1970: 75°F1971: 71°F1972: 71°F1973: 63°F1974: 71°F1975: 67°F1976: 68°F1977: 71°F1978: 78°F1979: 75°F1980: 74°F1981: 74°F1982: 72°F1983: 71°F1984: 74°F1985: 73°F1986: 67°F1987: 62°F1988: 74°F1989: 71°F1990: 65°F1991: 67°F1992: 66°F1993: 70°F1994: 69°F1995: 72°F1996: 68°F1997: 75°F1998: 74°F1999: 73°F2000: 71°F2001: 74°F2002: 69°F2003: 70°F2004: 70°F2005: 71°F2006: 72°F2007: 68°F2008: 68°F2009: 74°F2010: 74°F2011: 76°F2012: 71°F2013: 63°F2014: 70°F2015: 70°F2016: 71°F2017: 73°F2018: 76°F2019: 71°F2020: 85°F2021: 79°F2022: 71°F2023: 72°F2024: 75°F2025: 69°F69° forecast189318972025

The Numbers

Forecast low · Jul 1569°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record60°F
This-date rank#31 of 107
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-13°F (1930)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Childress in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan87°F2006-13°F1930
Feb95°F1904-10°F1905
Mar101°F20262°F1948
Apr106°F201222°F1936
May111°F200027°F1907
Jun117°F199444°F1893
Jul114°F193653°F1905
Aug115°F194352°F2010
Sep108°F195134°F1984
Oct103°F197919°F2019
Nov94°F20236°F1906
Dec88°F1954-5°F1989
All-time117°F1994-13°F1930

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Childress so far this year — through Jul 11.

Record Highs in 2026

7 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (101°F)

Record Lows in 2026

1 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

53 days
record run, ended Feb 23 1905

So far in 2026

31 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Childress's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 72°F · forecast is -3° vs normal.
Jan: 55°FJan: 29°FFeb: 58°FFeb: 32°FMar: 68°FMar: 40°FApr: 76°FApr: 48°FMay: 84°FMay: 59°FJun: 92°FJun: 68°FJul: 96°FJul: 71°FAug: 95°FAug: 70°FSep: 87°FSep: 62°FOct: 76°FOct: 50°FNov: 65°FNov: 39°FDec: 55°FDec: 30°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:39 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Solar noon11:47 AM
Daylight14h 16m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

34.43°N, 100.28°W

Nearby Stations

Amarillo, TX97 mi NWLubbock, TX102 mi SWLawton, OK106 mi EWichita Falls, TX106 mi EBorger, TX107 mi NWAbilene, TX143 mi S

The Last 6 Weeks

Childress's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Childress, TX — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Childress's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Childress, TX — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1893

Each cell is one day's low at Childress, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Childress, TX daily low heat map 1893–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Childress — counted through Jul 15 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
31 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 101st most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 37. Record: 61 in 1906.

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