Modesto/Sham Fld
Weather station · 37.6°N 121.0°W · 25 m above sea level
ICAO KMODStation data since 1927
Record high
40.0°C
in 1939
Record low
5.6°C
in 1927
Average high
30.6°C
all years on record
12.2°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 27.8°C against 40.0°C in 1939. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
45.0°C
- Date
- Sunday, 23 July 2006
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Modesto/Sham Fld, United States
- Position
- 37.63°N 120.95°W · 25 m
Highest highest in available records since 1927. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−7.8°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 13 December 1932
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Modesto/Sham Fld, United States
- Position
- 37.63°N 120.95°W · 25 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1927. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Modesto/Sham Fld is
37.63°N 120.95°W
Modesto/Sham Fld
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Today is already hotter than 63% of all days recorded here since 1927.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1927. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 52.8°C.
From our dataRecord high 45.0°C against record low −7.8°C. - 3
At 08:53 UTC this morning it was 17.8°C. By 00:53 UTC it was 27.8°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Every year on record
1927 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 98 years with data: +0.16 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
23.9°
−7.8°
Feb
26.7°
−4.4°
Mar
32.8°
−2.8°
Apr
37.8°
−1.1°
May
41.7°
0.0°
Jun
44.4°
3.9°
Jul
45.0°
7.8°
Aug
43.9°
7.8°
Sep
44.4°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 27.8°C | 00:53 UTC | 17.8°C | 08:53 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 28.3°C | 22:53 UTC | 15.0°C | 14:53 UTC |
Nearby stations
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1927 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |