Official weather records have been kept in Lubbock, Texas since 1911. Located in the northwestern part of Texas in the southern Panhandle, the city Lubbock is subject to some extreme weather variations in temperatures as shown below. Here are the record hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Lubbock, Texas.
Lubbock is a city of some 249,000 people. A total of over 311,000 people live in the greater Lubbock, Texas metropolitan area. The difference between the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Lubbock is 131 degrees. The difference between the hottest and coldest temperature records for the state of Texas is 143 degrees, or a difference of just 12 total degrees.
All-Time Record Hottest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Lubbock, Texas is 114 Degrees
The hottest weather temperature ever officially recorded in Lubbock, Texas is 114 degrees which occurred on June 17, 1994.
Overall, Lubbock would certainly be considered a hot weather city compared to most cities in the United States. Lubbock averages 80 days a year when the temperature rises to 90 degrees or above and 100 degree days are not uncommon. The earliest 100 degree day in Lubbock occurred on April 16, 1925, and the latest 100 degree day occurred on October 3, 2000.
- Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Texas is 120 Degrees
The hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Texas is 120 degrees which occurred on August 12, 1936, in the town of Seymour. Seymour is located about 170 miles northwest of Dallas.
The difference between the all-time hottest temperature in Lubbock (114) and the all-time hottest temperature in Texas (120) is six degrees. Not a huge difference but still a statistically significant one.
All-Time Record Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Lubbock, Texas is -17 Degrees
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in Lubbock, Texas is -17 degrees which occurred on February 8, 1933. Below zero temperature days do occur in Lubbock but they are not common. The earliest below zero temperature day in Lubbock occurred on November 23, 1957, and the latest below zero temperature day occurred on March 4, 1917.
Lubbock averages 93 days a year when the temperature dips below the freezing mark of 32 degrees.
- Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Texas is -23 Degrees
The coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Texas is -23 degrees, which occurred on February 8, 1933, in the town of Seminole. Seminole is located about 350 miles west of Dallas.
The difference between the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in Lubbock (-17) and the all-time coldest temperature in the state of Texas (-23) is six degrees.
So the city of Lubbock's hottest all-time temperature record is six degrees cooler than the state of Texas and the record coldest temperature in Lubbock is six degrees hotter than the coldest temperature recorded in Texas. Overall, Lubbock is a city of big temperature extremes just the like the state of Texas is.
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