All-time weather records — Alfred, NY

Record high
100.9°F
July 9, 1936
Record low
-35.0°F
February 9, 1934
Wettest day
5.83 in
June 21, 1972

Climate change signal in Alfred

14.2%

of Alfred's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (52 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
24
15
1900s
1
1
1910s
24
48
1920s
18
45
1930s
47
45
1940s
33
51
1950s
21
20
1960s
21
30
1970s
19
21
1980s
15
29
1990s
45
26
2000s
30
10
2010s
42
17
2020s
26
8

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 -25.1°F — Jan 15, 1957 3.00 in — Jan 28, 1911
February 75.0°F — Feb 25, 2017 -35.0°F — Feb 9, 1934 2.10 in — Feb 14, 1950
March 82.9°F — Mar 31, 1998 -18.9°F — Mar 18, 1916 2.40 in — Mar 1, 1900
April 91.0°F — Apr 28, 1990 -2.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.06 in — Apr 11, 1894
May 93.0°F — May 18, 1996 18.0°F — May 1, 1978 3.75 in — May 17, 1894
June 96.1°F — Jun 4, 1895 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1945 5.83 in — Jun 21, 1972
July 100.9°F — Jul 9, 1936 35.1°F — Jul 11, 1898 5.58 in — Jul 8, 1935
August 98.1°F — Aug 9, 2001 27.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 3.42 in — Aug 19, 2021
September 93.9°F — Sep 2, 1953 19.9°F — Sep 30, 1991 4.37 in — Sep 30, 2015
October 90.0°F — Oct 2, 1927 12.9°F — Oct 20, 1940 3.12 in — Oct 15, 1955
November 81.0°F — Nov 5, 2015 -9.9°F — Nov 16, 1933 2.32 in — Nov 17, 1927
December 69.1°F — Dec 5, 2012 -20.9°F — Dec 18, 1919 2.23 in — Dec 25, 1978

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Alfred.