All-time weather records — Bradford, PA

Record high
99.0°F
July 23, 2011
Record low
-36.0°F
January 13, 1977
Wettest day
5.28 in
March 31, 1997

Climate change signal in Bradford

16.4%

of Bradford's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (60 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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 #
1930s
·
·
1940s
62
55
1950s
67
85
1960s
24
69
1970s
29
46
1980s
31
46
1990s
33
24
2000s
35
10
2010s
51
22
2020s
34
9

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 1941, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1934-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 25, 1950 -36.0°F — Jan 13, 1977 2.15 in — Jan 25, 2010
February 73.0°F — Feb 25, 2017 -29.0°F — Feb 18, 1979 2.00 in — Feb 18, 2022
March 82.9°F — Mar 30, 1986 -22.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 5.28 in — Mar 31, 1997
April 87.1°F — Apr 18, 1976 -5.1°F — Apr 4, 1982 2.48 in — Apr 5, 1947
May 93.0°F — May 9, 1979 18.0°F — May 25, 1956 2.86 in — May 27, 1946
June 95.0°F — Jun 18, 1978 26.1°F — Jun 8, 1983 3.20 in — Jun 16, 1984
July 99.0°F — Jul 23, 2011 32.0°F — Jul 9, 1963 4.70 in — Jul 18, 1942
August 93.0°F — Aug 4, 1944 28.0°F — Aug 28, 1982 4.18 in — Aug 13, 1994
September 95.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 18.0°F — Sep 27, 1957 4.02 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 84.9°F — Oct 4, 1951 12.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 2.90 in — Oct 24, 1959
November 79.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -4.0°F — Nov 21, 1951 2.63 in — Nov 12, 2022
December 68.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -22.0°F — Dec 25, 1980 3.80 in — Dec 1, 2010

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