All-time weather records — Atlantic City, NJ

Record high
104.0°F
August 7, 1918
Record low
-9.0°F
February 9, 1934
Wettest day
8.97 in
August 18, 1879

Climate change signal in Atlantic City

6.8%

of Atlantic City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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 #
1870s
6
72
1880s
18
73
1890s
21
46
1900s
19
36
1910s
19
29
1920s
22
21
1930s
32
22
1940s
33
13
1950s
25
6
1960s
22
8
1970s
19
16
1980s
21
15
1990s
40
5
2000s
36
1
2010s
20
3
2020s
13
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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 1875, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1873-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 6, 2007 -4.0°F — Jan 16, 1893 2.98 in — Jan 6, 1962
February 77.0°F — Feb 25, 1930 -9.0°F — Feb 9, 1934 2.91 in — Feb 23, 1998
March 86.0°F — Mar 13, 1990 8.1°F — Mar 1, 1884 3.30 in — Mar 13, 1993
April 91.0°F — Apr 25, 1960 15.1°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.03 in — Apr 27, 1952
May 95.0°F — May 23, 1925 33.1°F — May 1, 1876 3.25 in — May 13, 2017
June 99.0°F — Jun 26, 1952 45.0°F — Jun 6, 1878 4.21 in — Jun 10, 1935
July 102.0°F — Jul 21, 1930 52.0°F — Jul 5, 1909 6.62 in — Jul 23, 1969
August 104.0°F — Aug 7, 1918 48.0°F — Aug 24, 1890 8.97 in — Aug 18, 1879
September 93.9°F — Sep 1, 1941 37.0°F — Sep 30, 1888 7.52 in — Sep 5, 1935
October 91.0°F — Oct 6, 1941 27.0°F — Oct 21, 1974 8.16 in — Oct 9, 1903
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 10.0°F — Nov 30, 1875 3.84 in — Nov 17, 1935
December 73.9°F — Dec 4, 1998 -7.1°F — Dec 30, 1880 4.12 in — Dec 11, 2008

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