All-time weather records — Altamont, NY

Record high
97.0°F
July 18, 2012
Record low
-20.0°F
February 14, 2016
Wettest day
8.55 in
August 29, 2011

Climate change signal in Altamont

42.9%

of Altamont's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (157 of 366 records since 2015).

48.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (179 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 #
2000s
93
85
2010s
216
236
2020s
57
45

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 2005, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 2005-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 7, 2007 -17.0°F — Jan 22, 2022 0.95 in — Jan 16, 2007
February 73.9°F — Feb 22, 2018 -20.0°F — Feb 14, 2016 1.60 in — Feb 24, 2010
March 80.1°F — Mar 23, 2012 -13.0°F — Mar 6, 2014 1.65 in — Mar 17, 2007
April 91.0°F — Apr 17, 2012 5.0°F — Apr 5, 2016 3.48 in — Apr 16, 2007
May 93.0°F — May 29, 2016 26.1°F — May 13, 2020 2.09 in — May 30, 2016
June 95.0°F — Jun 19, 2018 34.0°F — Jun 1, 2009 2.40 in — Jun 15, 2008
July 97.0°F — Jul 18, 2012 44.1°F — Jul 25, 2013 3.95 in — Jul 24, 2008
August 93.9°F — Aug 3, 2007 44.1°F — Aug 26, 2019 8.55 in — Aug 29, 2011
September 95.0°F — Sep 9, 2015 32.0°F — Sep 19, 2020 2.25 in — Sep 30, 2015
October 82.9°F — Oct 5, 2007 19.9°F — Oct 19, 2015 2.32 in — Oct 27, 2021
November 78.1°F — Nov 11, 2020 -2.9°F — Nov 23, 2018 1.17 in — Nov 9, 2006
December 69.1°F — Dec 25, 2015 -11.9°F — Dec 17, 2013 1.20 in — Dec 12, 2008

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