All-time weather records — Bartow, FL

Record high
102.9°F
June 12, 1977
Record low
7.0°F
September 4, 1988
Wettest day
11.50 in
September 5, 1933

Climate change signal in Bartow

10.1%

of Bartow's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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
14
27
1900s
71
38
1910s
38
85
1920s
71
32
1930s
29
28
1940s
18
29
1950s
28
23
1960s
14
16
1970s
13
44
1980s
13
20
1990s
6
3
2000s
5
15
2010s
31
3
2020s
15
3

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 1898, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 11, 1925 18.0°F — Jan 3, 1898 4.70 in — Jan 1, 2003
February 91.0°F — Feb 21, 2026 21.9°F — Feb 4, 1917 4.07 in — Feb 8, 1971
March 97.0°F — Mar 31, 1907 23.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.72 in — Mar 16, 1960
April 99.0°F — Apr 27, 1908 34.0°F — Apr 5, 1915 3.56 in — Apr 19, 1951
May 100.9°F — May 26, 1953 45.0°F — May 7, 1921 4.41 in — May 30, 1905
June 102.9°F — Jun 12, 1977 55.9°F — Jun 1, 1984 9.82 in — Jun 24, 1945
July 102.0°F — Jul 16, 1932 60.1°F — Jul 6, 1947 4.12 in — Jul 24, 1927
August 100.0°F — Aug 1, 1908 61.0°F — Aug 17, 1947 5.44 in — Aug 23, 1914
September 98.1°F — Sep 1, 1914 7.0°F — Sep 4, 1988 11.50 in — Sep 5, 1933
October 97.0°F — Oct 3, 1919 32.0°F — Oct 29, 1926 6.25 in — Oct 9, 2011
November 96.1°F — Nov 20, 1907 25.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 5.17 in — Nov 15, 2002
December 90.0°F — Dec 8, 1972 18.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.75 in — Dec 13, 1997

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