All-time weather records — Amherst Town, MA

Record high
104.0°F
July 4, 1911
Record low
-29.9°F
January 22, 1961
Wettest day
7.56 in
October 9, 2005

Climate change signal in Amherst Town

12.3%

of Amherst Town's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (45 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
9
17
1900s
18
35
1910s
40
22
1920s
21
31
1930s
23
19
1940s
39
18
1950s
23
10
1960s
16
55
1970s
25
56
1980s
28
56
1990s
32
24
2000s
35
10
2010s
32
13
2020s
25
·

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 7, 2007 -29.9°F — Jan 22, 1961 2.60 in — Jan 26, 1986
February 78.1°F — Feb 22, 2018 -27.0°F — Feb 2, 1961 3.16 in — Feb 13, 1900
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 1945 -17.0°F — Mar 19, 1967 3.23 in — Mar 7, 2011
April 93.0°F — Apr 18, 2002 8.1°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.83 in — Apr 25, 1945
May 98.1°F — May 27, 2010 0.0°F — May 7, 1902 2.80 in — May 24, 1989
June 100.9°F — Jun 3, 1919 25.0°F — Jun 7, 1990 3.72 in — Jun 10, 1961
July 104.0°F — Jul 4, 1911 34.0°F — Jul 30, 1989 4.94 in — Jul 13, 1897
August 100.0°F — Aug 7, 1918 32.0°F — Aug 30, 1965 4.14 in — Aug 18, 1955
September 99.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 25.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 6.08 in — Sep 16, 1933
October 90.0°F — Oct 17, 1908 12.0°F — Oct 28, 1974 7.56 in — Oct 9, 2005
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 -4.0°F — Nov 26, 1938 3.43 in — Nov 3, 1927
December 84.9°F — Dec 28, 1962 -22.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 4.09 in — Dec 15, 1897

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