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McAllen, TX

26.179°N, 98.245°W · station MFEthr · 86 years of record
94°F
forecast high · Oct 23

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for McAllen.
76°SAT10/1781°SUN10/1886°MON10/1990°TUE10/2092°WED10/2193°THU10/2294°FRI10/23

This Day in History

Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at McAllen — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.

Ranks

#5 / 84
warmest Oct 23 in 84 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 23 ever

96°F
set in 1942

Coolest Oct 23 ever

63°F
set in 1981
Forecast high 94°F — 5th warmest Oct 23 of 84 years · record 96°F (1942) · warmest since 2025.
1941: 88°F1942: 96°F1943: 91°F1944: 84°F1945: 84°F1946: 92°F1947: 92°F1948: 77°F1949: 91°F1950: 96°F1951: 81°F1952: 83°F1953: 88°F1954: 83°F1955: 88°F1956: 89°F1957: 90°F1958: 87°F1959: 92°F1960: 84°F1961: 87°F1962: 88°F1963: 83°F1964: 83°F1965: 82°F1966: 86°F1967: 84°F1968: 86°F1969: 89°F1970: 95°F1971: 83°F1972: 91°F1973: 84°F1974: 85°F1975: 88°F1976: 81°F1977: 85°F1978: 87°F1979: 80°F1980: 71°F1981: 63°F1982: 80°F1983: 90°F1984: 79°F1985: 89°F1986: 89°F1987: 88°F1988: 90°F1989: 87°F1990: 81°F1991: 93°F1992: 80°F1993: 79°F1994: 93°F1995: 94°F1996: 78°F1998: 76°F1999: 89°F2000: 87°F2001: 94°F2002: 83°F2003: 87°F2004: 93°F2005: 90°F2006: 67°F2007: 80°F2008: 88°F2009: 83°F2010: 91°F2011: 94°F2012: 93°F2013: 83°F2014: 87°F2015: 90°F2016: 87°F2017: 89°F2018: 65°F2019: 91°F2020: 93°F2021: 92°F2022: 92°F2023: 92°F2024: 91°F2025: 96°F94° forecast606570758085909510019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 2394°F
Hottest this date since2025
This-date record96°F
This-date rank#5 of 84
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record111°F (2017)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1941–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at McAllen in each calendar month, and for the whole 1941–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan96°FJan 21, 201713°FJan 12, 1962
Feb101°FFeb 27, 200919°FFeb 3, 1951
Mar105°FMar 27, 198431°FMar 13, 1951
Apr109°FApr 6, 202240°FApr 6, 1944
May111°FMay 9, 202450°FMay 6, 1944
Jun111°FJun 22, 201759°FJun 3, 1970
Jul109°FJul 7, 200965°FJul 23, 1945
Aug108°FAug 10, 198864°FAug 22, 1946
Sep108°FSep 4, 201150°FSep 28, 1942
Oct104°FOct 18, 201241°FOct 31, 1993
Nov102°FNov 4, 198830°FNov 29, 1959
Dec96°FDec 5, 197718°FDec 23, 1989
All-time111°FJun 22, 201713°FJan 12, 1962

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at McAllen so far this year — through Oct 15.

Record Highs in 2026

21 broke
plus 11 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

1 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

88°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 21, 1945

Coldest high ever

29°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 30, 1951
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan73°FJan 15, 202029°FJan 30, 1951
Feb75°FFeb 20, 201835°FFeb 6, 1989
Mar78°FMar 29, 194544°FMar 1, 1960
Apr81°FApr 27, 199154°FApr 8, 2007
May83°FMay 25, 202460°FMay 1, 1994
Jun84°FJun 28, 194276°FJun 25, 1954
Jul85°FJul 21, 200977°FJul 14, 1975
Aug88°FAug 21, 194577°FAug 27, 1979
Sep84°FSep 1, 202065°FSep 27, 1970
Oct83°FOct 8, 200954°FOct 30, 1993
Nov80°FNov 4, 202444°FNov 28, 1952
Dec76°FDec 11, 200733°FDec 23, 1989
All-time88°FAug 21, 194529°FJan 30, 1951

Hot Streaks

Current run

10 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

142 days
record run, ended Oct 6 2012

So far in 2026

206 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from McAllen's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 87°F · forecast is +7° vs normal.
Jan: 72°FJan: 51°FFeb: 77°FFeb: 56°FMar: 82°FMar: 61°FApr: 88°FApr: 67°FMay: 92°FMay: 73°FJun: 97°FJun: 77°FJul: 98°FJul: 78°FAug: 99°FAug: 78°FSep: 94°FSep: 74°FOct: 88°FOct: 68°FNov: 80°FNov: 59°FDec: 73°FDec: 53°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:32 AM
Sunset5:04 PM
Solar noon11:18 AM
Daylight11h 32m · losing 10 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

26.18°N, 98.25°W

Nearby Stations

Brownsville, TX54 mi ECorpus Christi, TX119 mi NELaredo, TX120 mi NWVictoria, TX202 mi NESan Antonio, TX232 mi NDel Rio, TX275 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

McAllen's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
McAllen, TX — last six weeks of daily high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against McAllen's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
McAllen, TX — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1941

Each cell is one day's high at McAllen, coloured by temperature — 86 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
McAllen, TX daily high heat map 1941–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at McAllen — counted through Oct 23 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
206 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 2nd most in 86 years. Normal for this point: 159. Record: 207 in 2017.

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