Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Sheffield (USC00418252), Texas, United States, with 74 years of record.
Key Facts for Sheffield
Sheffield (USC00418252) is a weather station in Texas, United States at 30.69 latitude and -101.83 longitude, 663 m (2,175 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1938 to 2011, 74 years of record.
1,464 records set at Sheffield still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Sheffield set a daily record low maximum temperature of 2.8 C (37.0 F) on 24 December 2011.
About the Station
Location: Texas, United States, 30.69 latitude, -101.83 longitude.
Elevation: 663 m (2,175 ft).
Period of record: 1938 to 2011, 74 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 Sheffield. 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 Sheffield, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
32.2 C (90.0 F)
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
35.6 C (96.1 F)
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
38.3 C (100.9 F)
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
n/a
n/a
May
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1.7 C (35.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
43.3 C (109.9 F)
6.7 C (44.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
43.9 C (111.0 F)
13.9 C (57.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
43.9 C (111.0 F)
11.7 C (53.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1.7 C (35.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
31.7 C (89.1 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 Sheffield still stand. 1989 holds the most, with 66.
Standing records at Sheffield by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1938
5
1939
7
1962
13
1963
24
1964
28
1965
34
1966
42
1967
44
1968
25
1969
38
1970
33
1971
36
1972
25
1973
34
1974
25
1975
37
1976
40
1977
21
1978
21
1979
37
1980
40
1981
19
1982
26
1983
26
1984
30
1985
39
1986
31
1987
30
1988
33
1989
66
1990
30
1991
20
1992
29
1993
21
1994
19
1995
27
1996
30
1997
26
1998
36
1999
20
2000
26
2001
11
2002
17
2003
20
2004
15
2005
26
2006
32
2007
23
2008
21
2009
23
2010
19
2011
64
All-Time Record Progression
4 new records
4 all-time records were set at Sheffield between 12 September 1996 and 28 November 2001. Each dot is a new record.
When Sheffield set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1996-09-12
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1998-08-25
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 128.5 mm (5.1 in)
2001-11-28
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 9.7 cm (3.8 in)
2001-11-28
Record snow depth
Record snow depth 10.2 cm (4.0 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 128.5 mm (5.1 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Sheffield. The most was 128.5 mm (5.1 in) on 25 August 1998.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Sheffield
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
29 January 2010
Feb
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
20 February 1997
Mar
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
18 March 2002
Apr
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
12 April 1969
May
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
28 May 2005
Jun
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
9 June 1993
Jul
68.3 mm (2.7 in)
19 July 1968
Aug
128.5 mm (5.1 in)
25 August 1998
Sep
96.0 mm (3.8 in)
12 September 1996
Oct
106.2 mm (4.2 in)
9 October 2003
Nov
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1 November 1998
Dec
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
8 December 1980
Period of Record Coverage
1938 to 2011
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
52 years of record at Sheffield, 1938 to 2011. 19 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1938, 1939, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 36 complete years at Sheffield, 1965 to 2007. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 19.0 C (66.3 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1975, at 17.6 C (63.7 F), and the warmest was 1998, at 20.1 C (68.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.5 C (2.7 F).
Annual mean temperature at Sheffield as warming stripes, 1965 to 2007
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1965
19.2 C
+0.18 C
1966
18.2 C
-0.80 C
1967
19.3 C
+0.27 C
1968
18.5 C
-0.53 C
1969
19.5 C
+0.42 C
1970
18.4 C
-0.69 C
1971
18.8 C
-0.28 C
1972
19.3 C
+0.21 C
1974
18.4 C
-0.65 C
1975
17.6 C
-1.42 C
1980
19.1 C
+0.01 C
1981
19.2 C
+0.12 C
1982
20.0 C
+0.95 C
1983
18.9 C
-0.11 C
1984
19.0 C
-0.07 C
1985
18.9 C
-0.15 C
1986
19.6 C
+0.60 C
1987
18.0 C
-1.01 C
1988
18.7 C
-0.35 C
1989
19.2 C
+0.15 C
1990
19.1 C
+0.01 C
1991
18.6 C
-0.46 C
1992
18.5 C
-0.52 C
1993
18.7 C
-0.31 C
1994
19.6 C
+0.56 C
1995
19.5 C
+0.42 C
1996
19.3 C
+0.28 C
1997
18.3 C
-0.72 C
1998
20.1 C
+1.05 C
1999
19.8 C
+0.76 C
2001
19.7 C
+0.65 C
2002
19.5 C
+0.42 C
2003
19.7 C
+0.65 C
2004
18.8 C
-0.21 C
2005
19.5 C
+0.48 C
2007
19.0 C
-0.02 C
The annual mean temperature here has risen by 0.16 C (0.02 to 0.31) per decade over 1965 to 2007. In Fahrenheit: 0.29 F (0.03 to 0.56) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 36 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Sheffield
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.16 C (0.02 to 0.31) per decade
0.29 F (0.03 to 0.56) per decade
1965 to 2007
36
Rise
Mean daily maximum
0.17 C (-0.01 to 0.35) per decade
0.31 F (-0.02 to 0.63) per decade
1965 to 2007
36
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.16 C (-0.05 to 0.36) per decade
0.3 F (-0.1 to 0.6) per decade
1965 to 2007
36
Not clearly different from zero
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
1938 to 2011
Yearly extremes at Sheffield: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1980
40.6 C (105.1 F)
52
Coldest night (TNn)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1989
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
52
Wettest day (Rx1day)
128.5 mm (5.1 in)
1998
51.2 mm (2.0 in)
56
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
159.2 mm (6.3 in)
2003
67.7 mm (2.7 in)
56
Longest dry spell (CDD)
130 days
2011
59 days
56
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Sheffield, 1938 to 2011. The record is 43.9 C (111.0 F) in 1980, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.6 C (105.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Sheffield by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1938
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1939
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1948
n/a
1949
n/a
1950
n/a
1951
n/a
1962
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1963
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1964
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1965
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1966
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1967
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1968
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1969
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1970
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1971
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1972
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1973
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1974
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1975
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1976
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1977
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1978
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1979
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1980
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1981
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1982
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1983
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1984
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1985
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1986
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1987
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1988
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1989
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1990
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1991
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1992
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1993
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1994
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1995
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1996
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1997
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1998
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1999
39.4 C (102.9 F)
2000
42.8 C (109.0 F)
2001
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2002
41.7 C (107.1 F)
2003
43.9 C (111.0 F)
2004
42.2 C (108.0 F)
2005
42.2 C (108.0 F)
2006
41.7 C (107.1 F)
2007
38.3 C (100.9 F)
2008
42.2 C (108.0 F)
2009
41.7 C (107.1 F)
2010
42.8 C (109.0 F)
2011
43.3 C (109.9 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Sheffield, 1938 to 2011. The record is -18.9 C (-2.0 F) in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is -10.6 C (12.9 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Sheffield by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1938
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1939
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1948
n/a
1949
n/a
1950
n/a
1951
n/a
1962
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1963
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1964
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1965
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1966
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1967
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1968
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1969
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1970
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1971
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1972
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1973
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1974
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1975
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1976
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1977
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1978
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1979
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1980
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1981
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1982
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1983
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1984
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1985
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1986
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1987
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1988
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1989
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1990
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1991
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1992
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1993
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1994
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1995
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1996
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1997
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1998
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1999
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
2000
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
2001
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
2002
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
2003
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
2004
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
2005
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
2006
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
2007
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
2008
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
2009
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
2010
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
2011
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Sheffield, 1938 to 2011. The record is 128.5 mm (5.1 in) in 1998, marked on the chart; the median year is 51.2 mm (2.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Sheffield by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1938
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
1939
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1948
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1949
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1950
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1951
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1962
38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1963
37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1964
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1965
50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1966
76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1967
53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1968
68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1969
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1970
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1971
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1972
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1973
51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1974
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1975
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1976
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1977
68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1978
46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1979
48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1980
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1981
91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1982
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1983
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1984
36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1985
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1986
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1987
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1988
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1989
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1990
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1991
59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1992
43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1993
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1994
31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1995
36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1996
96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1997
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1998
128.5 mm (5.1 in)
1999
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
2000
27.2 mm (1.1 in)
2001
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
2002
84.1 mm (3.3 in)
2003
106.2 mm (4.2 in)
2004
56.9 mm (2.2 in)
2005
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
2006
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
2007
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
2008
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
2009
65.0 mm (2.6 in)
2010
61.2 mm (2.4 in)
2011
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Sheffield, 1938 to 2011. The record is 159.2 mm (6.3 in) in 2003, marked on the chart; the median year is 67.7 mm (2.7 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Sheffield by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1938
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1939
48.2 mm (1.9 in)
1948
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1949
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1950
67.8 mm (2.7 in)
1951
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1962
57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1963
58.0 mm (2.3 in)
1964
100.6 mm (4.0 in)
1965
50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1966
101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1967
53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1968
68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1969
80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1970
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1971
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1972
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1973
82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1974
67.4 mm (2.7 in)
1975
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1976
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1977
97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1978
62.6 mm (2.5 in)
1979
61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1980
97.1 mm (3.8 in)
1981
125.1 mm (4.9 in)
1982
63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1983
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1984
52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1985
42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1986
89.1 mm (3.5 in)
1987
45.4 mm (1.8 in)
1988
122.4 mm (4.8 in)
1989
48.9 mm (1.9 in)
1990
66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1991
84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1992
91.2 mm (3.6 in)
1993
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1994
53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1995
67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1996
122.8 mm (4.8 in)
1997
61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1998
140.4 mm (5.5 in)
1999
97.3 mm (3.8 in)
2000
27.2 mm (1.1 in)
2001
53.0 mm (2.1 in)
2002
127.1 mm (5.0 in)
2003
159.2 mm (6.3 in)
2004
93.0 mm (3.7 in)
2005
105.7 mm (4.2 in)
2006
40.9 mm (1.6 in)
2007
109.3 mm (4.3 in)
2008
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
2009
76.7 mm (3.0 in)
2010
115.3 mm (4.5 in)
2011
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Sheffield, 1938 to 2011. The record is 130 days in 2011, marked on the chart; the median year is 59 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Sheffield by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1938
67 days
1939
57 days
1948
32 days
1949
45 days
1950
98 days
1951
43 days
1962
43 days
1963
44 days
1964
52 days
1965
60 days
1966
86 days
1967
73 days
1968
33 days
1969
43 days
1970
76 days
1971
105 days
1972
78 days
1973
46 days
1974
94 days
1975
63 days
1976
83 days
1977
102 days
1978
55 days
1979
52 days
1980
62 days
1981
70 days
1982
62 days
1983
64 days
1984
55 days
1985
52 days
1986
55 days
1987
36 days
1988
70 days
1989
71 days
1990
50 days
1991
58 days
1992
88 days
1993
52 days
1994
62 days
1995
56 days
1996
95 days
1997
45 days
1998
91 days
1999
84 days
2000
70 days
2001
44 days
2002
68 days
2003
53 days
2004
28 days
2005
61 days
2006
55 days
2007
37 days
2008
52 days
2009
38 days
2010
68 days
2011
130 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
36 years with a frost
Across 36 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Sheffield falls on 29 March and the median first autumn frost on 8 November, which leaves a median of 226 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -0.5 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Sheffield
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1971 to 2007)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
29 March
n/a
31 March
n/a
+0.1 days per decade
First autumn frost
8 November
n/a
11 November
n/a
-0.4 days per decade
Growing days
226 days
n/a
225 days
n/a
-0.5 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, 1949 to 2011
A day with at least 50.9 mm (2.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 125.0 mm (4.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Sheffield: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
50.9 mm (2.0 in)
5 years
69.7 mm (2.7 in)
10 years
82.6 mm (3.3 in)
25 years
99.3 mm (3.9 in)
50 years
112.0 mm (4.4 in)
Longer than the 47 years of record
100 years
125.0 mm (4.9 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 1949 to 2011.
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: 128.5 mm (5.1 in) in 1998; 106.2 mm (4.2 in) in 2003; 96.0 mm (3.8 in) in 1996.
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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.