All-time weather records — Barnstable Town, MA

Record high
100.0°F
August 28, 1948
Record low
-11.9°F
February 9, 1934
Wettest day
40.00 in
May 18, 1982

Climate change signal in Barnstable Town

15%

of Barnstable Town's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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
26
6
1900s
10
21
1910s
7
4
1920s
·
·
1930s
16
22
1940s
37
14
1950s
47
78
1960s
24
145
1970s
32
32
1980s
29
21
1990s
23
7
2000s
34
5
2010s
40
9
2020s
41
2

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 64.9°F — Jan 14, 1932 -8.0°F — Jan 6, 1896 3.40 in — Jan 17, 2005
February 66.9°F — Feb 11, 2023 -11.9°F — Feb 9, 1934 3.75 in — Feb 25, 1969
March 78.1°F — Mar 14, 1990 -2.9°F — Mar 19, 1967 3.42 in — Mar 13, 1920
April 91.0°F — Apr 15, 2023 9.0°F — Apr 5, 1954 2.97 in — Apr 9, 1897
May 93.0°F — May 27, 1914 24.1°F — May 6, 1961 40.00 in — May 18, 1982
June 97.0°F — Jun 2, 1895 30.9°F — Jun 4, 1957 4.14 in — Jun 21, 1981
July 98.1°F — Jul 6, 1999 42.1°F — Jul 7, 1965 4.60 in — Jul 8, 1943
August 100.0°F — Aug 28, 1948 34.0°F — Aug 31, 1965 5.25 in — Aug 23, 1929
September 99.0°F — Sep 4, 2007 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1957 6.04 in — Sep 4, 2010
October 84.9°F — Oct 9, 2005 9.0°F — Oct 31, 1966 4.63 in — Oct 26, 2017
November 79.0°F — Nov 16, 2003 7.0°F — Nov 17, 1967 4.37 in — Nov 3, 1897
December 66.0°F — Dec 5, 2001 -9.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.30 in — Dec 27, 1969

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