Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Fairfield 3W (USC00413047), Texas, United States, with 67 years of record.
Key Facts for Fairfield 3W
Fairfield 3W (USC00413047) is a weather station in Texas, United States at 31.73 latitude and -96.21 longitude, 132 m (432 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1941 to 2007, 67 years of record.
1,464 records set at Fairfield 3W still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Fairfield 3W set a daily record high minimum temperature of 19.4 C (66.9 F) on 9 December 2007.
About the Station
Location: Texas, United States, 31.73 latitude, -96.21 longitude.
Elevation: 132 m (432 ft).
Period of record: 1941 to 2007, 67 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
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 Fairfield 3W. 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 Fairfield 3W, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
28.9 C (84.0 F)
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
34.4 C (93.9 F)
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
37.2 C (99.0 F)
3.9 C (39.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
40.6 C (105.1 F)
9.4 C (48.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
41.7 C (107.1 F)
13.3 C (55.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
42.8 C (109.0 F)
10.6 C (51.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
43.3 C (109.9 F)
3.3 C (37.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
37.2 C (99.0 F)
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
32.2 C (90.0 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
31.1 C (88.0 F)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Fairfield 3W still stand. 1984 holds the most, with 63.
Standing records at Fairfield 3W by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1962
32
1963
41
1964
32
1965
24
1966
32
1967
36
1968
18
1969
27
1970
40
1971
33
1972
35
1973
16
1974
50
1975
25
1976
28
1977
34
1978
34
1979
29
1980
28
1982
20
1983
39
1984
63
1985
39
1986
24
1987
30
1988
30
1989
59
1990
38
1991
25
1992
31
1993
29
1994
15
1995
29
1996
53
1997
26
1998
49
1999
22
2000
38
2001
25
2002
20
2003
21
2004
30
2005
41
2006
37
2007
37
All-Time Record Progression
2 new records
2 all-time records were set at Fairfield 3W between 29 January 1999 and 3 September 2000. Each dot is a new record.
When Fairfield 3W set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1999-01-29
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 200.7 mm (7.9 in)
2000-09-03
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 43.3 C (109.9 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jan: 200.7 mm (7.9 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Fairfield 3W. The most was 200.7 mm (7.9 in) on 29 January 1999.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Fairfield 3W
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
200.7 mm (7.9 in)
29 January 1999
Feb
132.1 mm (5.2 in)
23 February 1985
Mar
106.7 mm (4.2 in)
12 March 2007
Apr
127.0 mm (5.0 in)
30 April 1956
May
123.2 mm (4.9 in)
10 May 1959
Jun
97.8 mm (3.9 in)
9 June 2004
Jul
66.3 mm (2.6 in)
3 July 1989
Aug
176.0 mm (6.9 in)
12 August 1966
Sep
138.4 mm (5.4 in)
13 September 1974
Oct
141.0 mm (5.6 in)
6 October 1998
Nov
109.7 mm (4.3 in)
5 November 1994
Dec
139.7 mm (5.5 in)
20 December 1991
Period of Record Coverage
1962 to 2007
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
45 years of record at Fairfield 3W, 1962 to 2007. 14 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1963, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1982 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 32 complete years at Fairfield 3W, 1962 to 2007. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 19.2 C (66.6 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1979, at 18.0 C (64.4 F), and the warmest was 1998, at 20.4 C (68.6 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.3 C (2.3 F).
Annual mean temperature at Fairfield 3W as warming stripes, 1962 to 2007
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1962
18.7 C
-0.54 C
1965
19.1 C
-0.13 C
1967
19.4 C
+0.18 C
1968
18.4 C
-0.89 C
1969
19.3 C
+0.04 C
1972
19.1 C
-0.18 C
1975
19.4 C
+0.14 C
1977
19.9 C
+0.67 C
1978
18.8 C
-0.41 C
1979
18.0 C
-1.25 C
1983
18.1 C
-1.13 C
1984
19.6 C
+0.34 C
1986
19.6 C
+0.39 C
1987
19.3 C
+0.09 C
1988
19.4 C
+0.19 C
1990
20.2 C
+0.98 C
1991
19.3 C
+0.02 C
1992
19.0 C
-0.26 C
1994
19.1 C
-0.12 C
1995
19.1 C
-0.11 C
1996
19.5 C
+0.26 C
1997
18.5 C
-0.75 C
1998
20.4 C
+1.12 C
1999
20.1 C
+0.83 C
2000
19.7 C
+0.48 C
2001
19.0 C
-0.21 C
2002
18.9 C
-0.36 C
2003
19.1 C
-0.11 C
2004
19.1 C
-0.12 C
2005
19.7 C
+0.41 C
2006
20.3 C
+1.07 C
2007
18.5 C
-0.73 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1962 to 2007 is 0.12 C (-0.04 to 0.27) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.5) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 32 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Fairfield 3W
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.12 C (-0.04 to 0.27) per decade
0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.5) per decade
1962 to 2007
32
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.03 C (-0.21 to 0.27) per decade
0.1 F (-0.4 to 0.5) per decade
1962 to 2007
32
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.20 C (0.04 to 0.36) per decade
0.4 F (0.1 to 0.7) per decade
1962 to 2007
32
Rise
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
1941 to 2007
Yearly extremes at Fairfield 3W: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
43.3 C (109.9 F)
2000
39.4 C (102.9 F)
45
Coldest night (TNn)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1989
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
45
Wettest day (Rx1day)
200.7 mm (7.9 in)
1999
79.1 mm (3.1 in)
66
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
241.3 mm (9.5 in)
1966
117.6 mm (4.6 in)
66
Longest dry spell (CDD)
57 days
1964
30 days
66
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Fairfield 3W, 1941 to 2007. The record is 43.3 C (109.9 F) in 2000, marked on the chart; the median year is 39.4 C (102.9 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Fairfield 3W by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1941
n/a
1942
n/a
1943
n/a
1944
n/a
1945
n/a
1946
n/a
1947
n/a
1948
n/a
1949
n/a
1950
n/a
1951
n/a
1952
n/a
1953
n/a
1954
n/a
1955
n/a
1956
n/a
1957
n/a
1958
n/a
1959
n/a
1960
n/a
1961
n/a
1962
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1963
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1964
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1965
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1966
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1967
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1968
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1969
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1970
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1971
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1972
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1973
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1974
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1975
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1976
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1977
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1978
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1979
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1980
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1982
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1983
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1984
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1985
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1986
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1987
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1988
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1989
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1990
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1991
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1992
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1993
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1994
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1995
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1996
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1997
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1998
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1999
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2000
43.3 C (109.9 F)
2001
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2002
37.2 C (99.0 F)
2003
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2004
37.2 C (99.0 F)
2005
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2006
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2007
36.1 C (97.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Fairfield 3W, 1941 to 2007. The record is -18.9 C (-2.0 F) in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is -8.9 C (16.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Fairfield 3W by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1941
n/a
1942
n/a
1943
n/a
1944
n/a
1945
n/a
1946
n/a
1947
n/a
1948
n/a
1949
n/a
1950
n/a
1951
n/a
1952
n/a
1953
n/a
1954
n/a
1955
n/a
1956
n/a
1957
n/a
1958
n/a
1959
n/a
1960
n/a
1961
n/a
1962
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1963
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1964
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1965
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1966
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1967
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1968
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1969
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1970
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1971
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1972
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1973
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1974
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1975
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1976
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1977
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1978
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1979
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1980
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1982
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1983
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1984
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1985
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1986
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1987
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1988
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1989
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1990
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1991
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1992
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1993
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1994
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1995
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1996
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1997
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1998
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1999
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
2000
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
2001
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
2002
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
2003
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
2004
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
2005
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
2006
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
2007
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Fairfield 3W, 1941 to 2007. The record is 200.7 mm (7.9 in) in 1999, marked on the chart; the median year is 79.1 mm (3.1 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Fairfield 3W by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1941
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1942
92.7 mm (3.6 in)
1943
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1944
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1945
85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1946
54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1947
86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1948
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1949
95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1950
94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1951
49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1952
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1953
86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1954
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1955
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1956
127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1957
133.4 mm (5.3 in)
1958
104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1959
123.2 mm (4.9 in)
1960
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1961
72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1962
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1963
49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1964
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1965
122.7 mm (4.8 in)
1966
176.0 mm (6.9 in)
1967
96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1968
82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1969
74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1970
68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1971
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1972
54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1973
66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1974
138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1975
77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1976
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1977
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1978
116.8 mm (4.6 in)
1979
79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1980
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1982
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1983
71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1984
60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1985
132.1 mm (5.2 in)
1986
84.1 mm (3.3 in)
1987
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1988
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1989
90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1990
102.1 mm (4.0 in)
1991
139.7 mm (5.5 in)
1992
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1993
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1994
109.7 mm (4.3 in)
1995
70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1996
50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1997
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1998
141.0 mm (5.6 in)
1999
200.7 mm (7.9 in)
2000
113.3 mm (4.5 in)
2001
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
2002
75.9 mm (3.0 in)
2003
73.2 mm (2.9 in)
2004
97.8 mm (3.9 in)
2005
80.8 mm (3.2 in)
2006
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
2007
106.7 mm (4.2 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Fairfield 3W, 1941 to 2007. The record is 241.3 mm (9.5 in) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 117.6 mm (4.6 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Fairfield 3W by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1941
111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1942
110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1943
92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1944
122.2 mm (4.8 in)
1945
104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1946
128.5 mm (5.1 in)
1947
86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1948
72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1949
107.7 mm (4.2 in)
1950
139.2 mm (5.5 in)
1951
94.3 mm (3.7 in)
1952
75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1953
187.5 mm (7.4 in)
1954
83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1955
80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1956
177.8 mm (7.0 in)
1957
235.0 mm (9.3 in)
1958
158.8 mm (6.3 in)
1959
152.4 mm (6.0 in)
1960
163.8 mm (6.4 in)
1961
191.7 mm (7.5 in)
1962
93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1963
79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1964
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1965
195.6 mm (7.7 in)
1966
241.3 mm (9.5 in)
1967
110.4 mm (4.3 in)
1968
155.2 mm (6.1 in)
1969
99.6 mm (3.9 in)
1970
87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1971
118.9 mm (4.7 in)
1972
97.3 mm (3.8 in)
1973
129.1 mm (5.1 in)
1974
210.8 mm (8.3 in)
1975
115.1 mm (4.5 in)
1976
121.3 mm (4.8 in)
1977
144.2 mm (5.7 in)
1978
121.1 mm (4.8 in)
1979
121.1 mm (4.8 in)
1980
119.2 mm (4.7 in)
1982
88.4 mm (3.5 in)
1983
86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1984
107.0 mm (4.2 in)
1985
132.1 mm (5.2 in)
1986
116.3 mm (4.6 in)
1987
84.1 mm (3.3 in)
1988
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1989
147.0 mm (5.8 in)
1990
116.1 mm (4.6 in)
1991
213.3 mm (8.4 in)
1992
60.9 mm (2.4 in)
1993
127.9 mm (5.0 in)
1994
130.8 mm (5.1 in)
1995
128.3 mm (5.1 in)
1996
76.9 mm (3.0 in)
1997
115.3 mm (4.5 in)
1998
194.4 mm (7.7 in)
1999
239.3 mm (9.4 in)
2000
213.9 mm (8.4 in)
2001
119.9 mm (4.7 in)
2002
88.5 mm (3.5 in)
2003
113.5 mm (4.5 in)
2004
140.5 mm (5.5 in)
2005
108.0 mm (4.3 in)
2006
78.8 mm (3.1 in)
2007
166.0 mm (6.5 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Fairfield 3W, 1941 to 2007. The record is 57 days in 1964, marked on the chart; the median year is 30 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Fairfield 3W by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1941
20 days
1942
24 days
1943
19 days
1944
34 days
1945
42 days
1946
35 days
1947
22 days
1948
52 days
1949
21 days
1950
37 days
1951
35 days
1952
27 days
1953
31 days
1954
39 days
1955
30 days
1956
40 days
1957
25 days
1958
35 days
1959
35 days
1960
23 days
1961
27 days
1962
54 days
1963
38 days
1964
57 days
1965
26 days
1966
36 days
1967
30 days
1968
28 days
1969
34 days
1970
31 days
1971
31 days
1972
24 days
1973
21 days
1974
28 days
1975
31 days
1976
18 days
1977
36 days
1978
43 days
1979
25 days
1980
31 days
1982
21 days
1983
26 days
1984
22 days
1985
21 days
1986
46 days
1987
30 days
1988
23 days
1989
38 days
1990
34 days
1991
19 days
1992
22 days
1993
22 days
1994
28 days
1995
28 days
1996
31 days
1997
41 days
1998
42 days
1999
32 days
2000
30 days
2001
45 days
2002
20 days
2003
27 days
2004
28 days
2005
31 days
2006
26 days
2007
30 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
32 years with a frost
Across 32 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Fairfield 3W falls on 19 March and the median first autumn frost on 14 November, which leaves a median of 240 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -1.6 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Fairfield 3W
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1967 to 2007)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
19 March
n/a
19 March
n/a
+0.5 days per decade
First autumn frost
14 November
n/a
14 November
n/a
-1.1 days per decade
Growing days
240 days
n/a
239 days
n/a
-1.6 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
50 years, 1942 to 2007
A day with at least 82.9 mm (3.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 209.4 mm (8.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Fairfield 3W: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
82.9 mm (3.3 in)
5 years
110.7 mm (4.4 in)
10 years
131.3 mm (5.2 in)
25 years
160.1 mm (6.3 in)
50 years
183.8 mm (7.2 in)
100 years
209.4 mm (8.2 in)
Longer than the 50 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, 50 years of values from 1942 to 2007.
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: 200.7 mm (7.9 in) in 1999; 176.0 mm (6.9 in) in 1966; 141.0 mm (5.6 in) in 1998.
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Data for Fairfield 3W standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Fairfield 3W threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.