Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Olney (USC00416636), Texas, United States, with 56 years of record.
Key Facts for Olney
Olney (USC00416636) is a weather station in Texas, United States at 33.37 latitude and -98.77 longitude, 364 m (1,195 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1956 to 2011, 56 years of record.
1,464 records set at Olney still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Olney set a daily record high minimum temperature of 26.7 C (80.1 F) on 12 August 2011.
About the Station
Location: Texas, United States, 33.37 latitude, -98.77 longitude.
Elevation: 364 m (1,195 ft).
Period of record: 1956 to 2011, 56 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 Olney. 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 Olney, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
35.0 C (95.0 F)
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
37.2 C (99.0 F)
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
38.3 C (100.9 F)
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
43.9 C (111.0 F)
2.2 C (36.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
45.6 C (114.1 F)
9.4 C (48.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
46.7 C (116.1 F)
12.8 C (55.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
43.9 C (111.0 F)
11.7 C (53.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
43.9 C (111.0 F)
3.3 C (37.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
39.4 C (102.9 F)
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
30.0 C (86.0 F)
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Olney still stand. 2011 holds the most, with 60.
Standing records at Olney by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1956
39
1957
22
1958
38
1959
35
1960
31
1961
28
1962
29
1963
26
1964
17
1965
36
1966
30
1967
38
1968
13
1969
27
1970
26
1971
31
1972
29
1973
13
1974
40
1975
18
1976
30
1977
33
1978
35
1979
26
1980
31
1981
15
1982
23
1983
39
1984
37
1985
28
1986
27
1987
19
1988
9
1989
48
1990
30
1991
23
1992
28
1993
19
1994
15
1995
21
1996
27
1997
31
1998
21
1999
11
2000
35
2001
9
2002
21
2003
33
2004
15
2005
3
2006
10
2007
25
2008
19
2009
25
2010
17
2011
60
All-Time Record Progression
4 new records
4 all-time records were set at Olney between 16 May 1989 and 28 July 2004. Each dot is a new record.
When Olney set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1989-05-16
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 216.9 mm (8.5 in)
1989-12-23
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1990-12-22
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -11.7 C (10.9 F)
2004-07-28
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 222.0 mm (8.7 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jul: 222.0 mm (8.7 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Olney. The most was 222.0 mm (8.7 in) on 28 July 2004.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Olney
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
3 January 2005
Feb
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
20 February 1997
Mar
69.9 mm (2.8 in)
24 March 2001
Apr
103.6 mm (4.1 in)
24 April 2004
May
216.9 mm (8.5 in)
16 May 1989
Jun
157.5 mm (6.2 in)
14 June 1983
Jul
222.0 mm (8.7 in)
28 July 2004
Aug
91.7 mm (3.6 in)
30 August 2003
Sep
118.6 mm (4.7 in)
28 September 1980
Oct
117.1 mm (4.6 in)
3 October 1959
Nov
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
15 November 2004
Dec
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
19 December 1987
Period of Record Coverage
1956 to 2011
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
56 years of record at Olney, 1956 to 2011. 20 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 27 complete years at Olney, 1959 to 2010. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 18.0 C (64.5 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 2007, at 17.3 C (63.1 F), and the warmest was 2000, at 19.0 C (66.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.0 C (1.8 F).
Annual mean temperature at Olney as warming stripes, 1959 to 2010
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1959
17.7 C
-0.33 C
1960
17.5 C
-0.53 C
1962
18.3 C
+0.26 C
1963
18.8 C
+0.72 C
1964
18.3 C
+0.29 C
1965
18.3 C
+0.26 C
1967
18.1 C
+0.05 C
1968
17.4 C
-0.61 C
1971
18.6 C
+0.60 C
1975
17.6 C
-0.40 C
1976
17.5 C
-0.50 C
1981
18.6 C
+0.57 C
1983
17.4 C
-0.67 C
1984
18.8 C
+0.73 C
1987
17.7 C
-0.36 C
1988
18.0 C
-0.02 C
1990
18.3 C
+0.30 C
1993
17.3 C
-0.75 C
1994
18.1 C
+0.04 C
1996
18.3 C
+0.21 C
1997
17.7 C
-0.31 C
2000
19.0 C
+0.96 C
2001
18.4 C
+0.37 C
2003
18.9 C
+0.88 C
2007
17.3 C
-0.79 C
2008
17.7 C
-0.31 C
2010
17.3 C
-0.76 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
1956 to 2011
Yearly extremes at Olney: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1978
41.7 C (107.1 F)
56
Coldest night (TNn)
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1989
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
56
Wettest day (Rx1day)
222.0 mm (8.7 in)
2004
76.5 mm (3.0 in)
56
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
249.7 mm (9.8 in)
2004
106.5 mm (4.2 in)
56
Longest dry spell (CDD)
63 days
1976
32 days
56
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Olney, 1956 to 2011. The record is 46.7 C (116.1 F) in 1978, marked on the chart; the median year is 41.7 C (107.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Olney by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1956
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1957
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1958
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1959
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1960
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1961
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1962
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1963
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1964
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1965
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1966
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1967
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1968
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1969
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1970
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1971
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1972
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1973
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1974
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1975
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1976
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1977
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1978
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1979
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1980
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1981
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1982
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1983
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1984
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1985
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1986
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1987
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1988
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1989
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1990
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1991
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1992
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1993
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1994
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1995
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1996
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1997
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1998
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1999
41.7 C (107.1 F)
2000
43.9 C (111.0 F)
2001
42.8 C (109.0 F)
2002
41.1 C (106.0 F)
2003
43.9 C (111.0 F)
2004
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2005
32.8 C (91.0 F)
2006
38.3 C (100.9 F)
2007
38.3 C (100.9 F)
2008
42.8 C (109.0 F)
2009
42.2 C (108.0 F)
2010
41.7 C (107.1 F)
2011
44.4 C (111.9 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Olney, 1956 to 2011. The record is -21.7 C (-7.1 F) in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is -11.7 C (10.9 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Olney by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1956
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1957
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1958
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1959
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1960
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1961
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1962
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1963
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1964
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1965
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1966
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1967
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1968
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1969
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1970
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1971
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1972
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1973
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1974
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1975
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1976
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1977
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1978
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1979
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1980
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1981
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1982
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1983
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1984
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1985
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1986
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1987
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1988
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1989
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1990
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1991
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1992
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1993
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1994
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1995
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1996
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1997
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1998
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1999
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
2000
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
2001
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
2002
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
2003
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
2004
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
2005
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
2006
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
2007
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
2008
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
2009
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
2010
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
2011
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Olney, 1956 to 2011. The record is 222.0 mm (8.7 in) in 2004, marked on the chart; the median year is 76.5 mm (3.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Olney by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1956
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1957
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1958
85.3 mm (3.4 in)
1959
117.1 mm (4.6 in)
1960
83.3 mm (3.3 in)
1961
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1962
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1963
95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1964
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1965
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1966
100.1 mm (3.9 in)
1967
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1968
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1969
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1970
89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1971
71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1972
130.8 mm (5.1 in)
1973
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1974
81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1975
74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1976
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1977
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1978
54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1979
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1980
118.6 mm (4.7 in)
1981
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1982
69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1983
157.5 mm (6.2 in)
1984
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1985
80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1986
76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1987
77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1988
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1989
216.9 mm (8.5 in)
1990
102.6 mm (4.0 in)
1991
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1992
46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1993
58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1994
88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1995
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1996
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1997
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1998
84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1999
68.6 mm (2.7 in)
2000
100.6 mm (4.0 in)
2001
69.9 mm (2.8 in)
2002
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
2003
91.7 mm (3.6 in)
2004
222.0 mm (8.7 in)
2005
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
2006
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
2007
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
2008
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
2009
63.8 mm (2.5 in)
2010
86.4 mm (3.4 in)
2011
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Olney, 1956 to 2011. The record is 249.7 mm (9.8 in) in 2004, marked on the chart; the median year is 106.5 mm (4.2 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Olney by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1956
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1957
142.7 mm (5.6 in)
1958
93.9 mm (3.7 in)
1959
139.5 mm (5.5 in)
1960
89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1961
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1962
138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1963
122.7 mm (4.8 in)
1964
115.5 mm (4.5 in)
1965
64.1 mm (2.5 in)
1966
164.5 mm (6.5 in)
1967
74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1968
109.7 mm (4.3 in)
1969
109.9 mm (4.3 in)
1970
115.2 mm (4.5 in)
1971
119.1 mm (4.7 in)
1972
132.3 mm (5.2 in)
1973
79.3 mm (3.1 in)
1974
119.7 mm (4.7 in)
1975
101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1976
70.8 mm (2.8 in)
1977
84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1978
85.7 mm (3.4 in)
1979
97.6 mm (3.8 in)
1980
196.8 mm (7.7 in)
1981
124.8 mm (4.9 in)
1982
104.9 mm (4.1 in)
1983
160.8 mm (6.3 in)
1984
133.6 mm (5.3 in)
1985
107.7 mm (4.2 in)
1986
149.1 mm (5.9 in)
1987
84.1 mm (3.3 in)
1988
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1989
224.8 mm (8.9 in)
1990
120.1 mm (4.7 in)
1991
105.3 mm (4.1 in)
1992
100.4 mm (4.0 in)
1993
98.6 mm (3.9 in)
1994
118.7 mm (4.7 in)
1995
145.6 mm (5.7 in)
1996
101.2 mm (4.0 in)
1997
97.3 mm (3.8 in)
1998
86.7 mm (3.4 in)
1999
94.3 mm (3.7 in)
2000
108.8 mm (4.3 in)
2001
78.8 mm (3.1 in)
2002
65.9 mm (2.6 in)
2003
118.9 mm (4.7 in)
2004
249.7 mm (9.8 in)
2005
83.0 mm (3.3 in)
2006
69.6 mm (2.7 in)
2007
162.8 mm (6.4 in)
2008
85.1 mm (3.4 in)
2009
132.6 mm (5.2 in)
2010
174.0 mm (6.9 in)
2011
33.3 mm (1.3 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Olney, 1956 to 2011. The record is 63 days in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 32 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Olney by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1956
32 days
1957
34 days
1958
27 days
1959
33 days
1960
39 days
1961
43 days
1962
29 days
1963
37 days
1964
62 days
1965
42 days
1966
27 days
1967
41 days
1968
35 days
1969
45 days
1970
40 days
1971
31 days
1972
41 days
1973
28 days
1974
29 days
1975
23 days
1976
63 days
1977
29 days
1978
43 days
1979
48 days
1980
28 days
1981
39 days
1982
31 days
1983
33 days
1984
30 days
1985
21 days
1986
32 days
1987
25 days
1988
26 days
1989
27 days
1990
28 days
1991
38 days
1992
24 days
1993
22 days
1994
41 days
1995
36 days
1996
59 days
1997
23 days
1998
24 days
1999
33 days
2000
59 days
2001
27 days
2002
28 days
2003
30 days
2004
25 days
2005
27 days
2006
21 days
2007
32 days
2008
43 days
2009
30 days
2010
28 days
2011
52 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
27 years with a frost
Across 27 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Olney falls on 2 April and the median first autumn frost on 11 November, which leaves a median of 229 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +1.3 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Olney
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1959 to 2010)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
2 April
n/a
2 April
n/a
-0.5 days per decade
First autumn frost
11 November
n/a
11 November
n/a
+0.8 days per decade
Growing days
229 days
n/a
229 days
n/a
+1.3 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
47 years, 1956 to 2010
A day with at least 75.8 mm (3.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 224.5 mm (8.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Olney: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
75.8 mm (3.0 in)
5 years
100.4 mm (4.0 in)
10 years
121.4 mm (4.8 in)
25 years
155.2 mm (6.1 in)
50 years
186.6 mm (7.3 in)
Longer than the 47 years of record
100 years
224.5 mm (8.8 in)
Longer than the 47 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, 47 years of values from 1956 to 2010.
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: 222.0 mm (8.7 in) in 2004; 216.9 mm (8.5 in) in 1989; 157.5 mm (6.2 in) in 1983.
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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.