Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Obar (USC00296258), New Mexico, United States, with 43 years of record.
Key Facts for Obar
Obar (USC00296258) is a weather station in New Mexico, United States at 35.55 latitude and -103.20 longitude, 1,251 m (4,104 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1926 to 1968, 43 years of record.
1,464 records set at Obar still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Obar set a daily record low minimum temperature of 8.3 C (46.9 F) on 26 June 1968.
About the Station
Location: New Mexico, United States, 35.55 latitude, -103.20 longitude.
Elevation: 1,251 m (4,104 ft).
Period of record: 1926 to 1968, 43 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Obar. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Obar, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
26.1 C (79.0 F)
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
27.8 C (82.0 F)
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
32.2 C (90.0 F)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
36.7 C (98.1 F)
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
40.6 C (105.1 F)
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
43.3 C (109.9 F)
5.0 C (41.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
44.4 C (111.9 F)
9.4 C (48.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
43.9 C (111.0 F)
8.9 C (48.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
40.6 C (105.1 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Obar still stand. 1934 holds the most, with 69.
Standing records at Obar by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1926
53
1927
56
1928
45
1929
52
1930
40
1931
33
1932
25
1933
52
1934
69
1935
45
1936
24
1937
18
1938
23
1939
35
1940
28
1941
28
1942
21
1943
54
1944
27
1945
57
1946
47
1947
23
1948
24
1949
16
1950
31
1951
35
1952
45
1953
38
1954
28
1955
32
1956
26
1957
36
1958
19
1959
27
1960
42
1961
33
1962
38
1963
27
1964
24
1965
33
1966
24
1967
23
1968
8
All-Time Record Progression
1 new records
1 all-time records were set at Obar between 6 July 1960 and 6 July 1960. Each dot is a new record.
When Obar set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1960-07-06
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 118.4 mm (4.7 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jul: 118.4 mm (4.7 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Obar. The most was 118.4 mm (4.7 in) on 6 July 1960.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Obar
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
8 January 1939
Feb
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
22 February 1938
Mar
42.7 mm (1.7 in)
22 March 1941
Apr
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
29 April 1955
May
89.2 mm (3.5 in)
2 May 1941
Jun
109.7 mm (4.3 in)
25 June 1965
Jul
118.4 mm (4.7 in)
6 July 1960
Aug
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
4 August 1929
Sep
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
29 September 1945
Oct
111.8 mm (4.4 in)
11 October 1930
Nov
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
25 November 1940
Dec
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
9 December 1943
Period of Record Coverage
1926 to 1968
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
43 years of record at Obar, 1926 to 1968. 6 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1932, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1947, 1968.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 28 complete years at Obar, 1927 to 1967. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 14.0 C (57.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1929, at 12.7 C (54.9 F), and the warmest was 1943, at 15.8 C (60.5 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.9 C (3.4 F).
Annual mean temperature at Obar as warming stripes, 1927 to 1967
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1927
14.4 C
+0.39 C
1929
12.7 C
-1.30 C
1930
13.5 C
-0.52 C
1934
15.3 C
+1.31 C
1937
13.0 C
-0.98 C
1938
13.7 C
-0.36 C
1940
13.1 C
-0.88 C
1941
13.1 C
-0.92 C
1943
15.8 C
+1.81 C
1944
14.6 C
+0.60 C
1946
15.2 C
+1.15 C
1951
13.7 C
-0.28 C
1952
14.2 C
+0.17 C
1953
14.8 C
+0.73 C
1954
15.6 C
+1.59 C
1955
13.9 C
-0.12 C
1956
14.7 C
+0.68 C
1957
14.1 C
+0.05 C
1958
13.9 C
-0.16 C
1959
13.7 C
-0.37 C
1960
13.2 C
-0.78 C
1961
12.8 C
-1.19 C
1962
13.9 C
-0.17 C
1963
14.3 C
+0.32 C
1964
13.8 C
-0.23 C
1965
13.9 C
-0.15 C
1966
13.5 C
-0.48 C
1967
14.2 C
+0.15 C
This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1926 to 1968
Yearly extremes at Obar: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1933
40.6 C (105.1 F)
43
Coldest night (TNn)
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1951
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
43
Wettest day (Rx1day)
118.4 mm (4.7 in)
1960
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
43
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
259.4 mm (10.2 in)
1960
66.3 mm (2.6 in)
43
Longest dry spell (CDD)
123 days
1943
60 days
43
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Obar, 1926 to 1968. The record is 44.4 C (111.9 F) in 1933, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.6 C (105.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Obar by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1926
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1927
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1928
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1929
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1930
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1931
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1932
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1933
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1934
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1935
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1936
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1937
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1938
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1939
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1940
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1941
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1942
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1943
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1944
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1945
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1946
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1947
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1948
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1949
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1950
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1951
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1952
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1953
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1954
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1955
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1956
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1957
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1958
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1959
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1960
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1961
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1962
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1963
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1964
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1965
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1966
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1967
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1968
42.2 C (108.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Obar, 1926 to 1968. The record is -28.9 C (-20.0 F) in 1951, marked on the chart; the median year is -18.9 C (-2.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Obar by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1926
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1927
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1928
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1929
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1930
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1931
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1932
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1933
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1934
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1935
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1936
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1937
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1938
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1939
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1940
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1941
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1942
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1943
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1944
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1945
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1946
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1947
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1948
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1949
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1950
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1951
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1952
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1953
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1954
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1955
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1956
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1957
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1958
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1959
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1960
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1961
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1962
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1963
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1964
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1965
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1966
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1967
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1968
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Obar, 1926 to 1968. The record is 118.4 mm (4.7 in) in 1960, marked on the chart; the median year is 46.5 mm (1.8 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Obar by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1926
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1927
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1928
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1929
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1930
111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1931
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1932
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1933
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1934
33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1935
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1936
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1937
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1938
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1939
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1940
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1941
89.2 mm (3.5 in)
1942
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1943
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1944
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1945
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1946
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1947
33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1948
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1949
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1950
46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1951
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1952
65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1953
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1954
53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1955
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1956
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1957
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1958
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1959
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1960
118.4 mm (4.7 in)
1961
56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1962
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1963
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1964
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1965
109.7 mm (4.3 in)
1966
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1967
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1968
16.8 mm (0.7 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Obar, 1926 to 1968. The record is 259.4 mm (10.2 in) in 1960, marked on the chart; the median year is 66.3 mm (2.6 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Obar by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1926
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1927
57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1928
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1929
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1930
118.1 mm (4.6 in)
1931
75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1932
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1933
70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1934
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1935
102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1936
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1937
95.2 mm (3.7 in)
1938
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1939
56.7 mm (2.2 in)
1940
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1941
197.2 mm (7.8 in)
1942
71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1943
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1944
55.7 mm (2.2 in)
1945
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1946
66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1947
27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1948
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1949
60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1950
62.9 mm (2.5 in)
1951
68.9 mm (2.7 in)
1952
87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1953
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1954
54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1955
91.2 mm (3.6 in)
1956
49.1 mm (1.9 in)
1957
62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1958
66.9 mm (2.6 in)
1959
51.9 mm (2.0 in)
1960
259.4 mm (10.2 in)
1961
104.6 mm (4.1 in)
1962
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1963
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1964
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1965
130.8 mm (5.1 in)
1966
95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1967
86.8 mm (3.4 in)
1968
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Obar, 1926 to 1968. The record is 123 days in 1943, marked on the chart; the median year is 60 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Obar by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1926
46 days
1927
58 days
1928
36 days
1929
39 days
1930
60 days
1931
47 days
1932
28 days
1933
78 days
1934
83 days
1935
61 days
1936
61 days
1937
48 days
1938
48 days
1939
73 days
1940
52 days
1941
62 days
1942
75 days
1943
123 days
1944
91 days
1945
93 days
1946
97 days
1947
81 days
1948
74 days
1949
89 days
1950
102 days
1951
49 days
1952
47 days
1953
49 days
1954
85 days
1955
84 days
1956
109 days
1957
44 days
1958
41 days
1959
46 days
1960
49 days
1961
75 days
1962
56 days
1963
61 days
1964
59 days
1965
53 days
1966
89 days
1967
57 days
1968
48 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
28 years with a frost
Across 28 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Obar falls on 23 April and the median first autumn frost on 23 October, which leaves a median of 178 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +1.8 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Obar
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1927 to 1967)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
23 April
n/a
23 April
n/a
-0.1 days per decade
First autumn frost
23 October
n/a
23 October
n/a
+1.7 days per decade
Growing days
178 days
n/a
178 days
n/a
+1.8 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
37 years, 1926 to 1967
A day with at least 48.4 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 144.1 mm (5.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Obar: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
48.4 mm (1.9 in)
5 years
68.0 mm (2.7 in)
10 years
83.1 mm (3.3 in)
25 years
105.0 mm (4.1 in)
50 years
123.5 mm (4.9 in)
Longer than the 37 years of record
100 years
144.1 mm (5.7 in)
Longer than the 37 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 37 years of values from 1926 to 1967.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 118.4 mm (4.7 in) in 1960; 111.8 mm (4.4 in) in 1930; 109.7 mm (4.3 in) in 1965.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.