All-time weather records — Baker City, OR

Record high
109.0°F
August 2, 2024
Record low
-38.9°F
December 30, 1978
Wettest day
2.29 in
August 31, 1984

Climate change signal in Baker City

21.6%

of Baker City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (79 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 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 #
1940s
15
57
1950s
27
63
1960s
57
44
1970s
48
31
1980s
44
30
1990s
52
31
2000s
38
46
2010s
33
48
2020s
52
16

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 1944, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1943-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 31, 2003 -29.9°F — Jan 31, 1950 0.84 in — Jan 3, 2025
February 66.0°F — Feb 23, 1995 -27.9°F — Feb 7, 1989 0.78 in — Feb 6, 1966
March 81.0°F — Mar 20, 2026 -5.1°F — Mar 5, 1955 0.68 in — Mar 25, 1981
April 89.1°F — Apr 24, 1977 3.0°F — Apr 24, 1987 1.34 in — Apr 27, 1978
May 93.9°F — May 18, 1954 15.3°F — May 1, 2013 1.65 in — May 29, 1953
June 102.9°F — Jun 29, 2021 26.1°F — Jun 4, 1962 1.96 in — Jun 8, 1958
July 105.1°F — Jul 10, 2024 30.0°F — Jul 2, 1955 2.03 in — Jul 10, 2015
August 109.0°F — Aug 2, 2024 27.0°F — Aug 24, 1992 2.29 in — Aug 31, 1984
September 102.0°F — Sep 2, 2017 1.9°F — Sep 23, 1988 1.28 in — Sep 5, 1978
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 2010 1.9°F — Oct 31, 2006 0.80 in — Oct 29, 1982
November 72.0°F — Nov 5, 2020 -16.1°F — Nov 15, 1955 0.83 in — Nov 18, 1996
December 60.1°F — Dec 12, 1995 -38.9°F — Dec 30, 1978 0.66 in — Dec 22, 1964

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