All-time weather records — Burien, WA

Record high
108.0°F
June 28, 2021
Record low
0.0°F
January 31, 1950
Wettest day
5.02 in
October 20, 2003

Climate change signal in Burien

24.6%

of Burien's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (90 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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
7
46
1950s
20
186
1960s
62
49
1970s
30
22
1980s
44
24
1990s
54
12
2000s
39
13
2010s
70
6
2020s
40
8

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 1949, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 15, 2018 0.0°F — Jan 31, 1950 2.98 in — Jan 18, 1986
February 70.0°F — Feb 27, 1968 1.0°F — Feb 1, 1950 3.06 in — Feb 8, 1996
March 79.0°F — Mar 19, 2019 10.9°F — Mar 4, 1955 2.70 in — Mar 5, 1972
April 89.1°F — Apr 18, 2016 28.9°F — Apr 1, 1953 2.64 in — Apr 4, 1991
May 93.0°F — May 21, 1963 28.0°F — May 1, 1954 1.83 in — May 29, 1969
June 108.0°F — Jun 28, 2021 37.9°F — Jun 12, 1952 1.75 in — Jun 1, 1968
July 102.9°F — Jul 29, 2009 43.0°F — Jul 2, 1954 0.85 in — Jul 13, 1981
August 99.0°F — Aug 9, 1960 44.1°F — Aug 4, 1950 1.63 in — Aug 18, 1975
September 98.1°F — Sep 2, 1988 35.1°F — Sep 27, 1972 1.71 in — Sep 28, 2013
October 89.1°F — Oct 1, 1987 28.0°F — Oct 19, 1949 5.02 in — Oct 20, 2003
November 73.9°F — Nov 3, 2010 6.1°F — Nov 15, 1955 3.41 in — Nov 20, 1959
December 66.0°F — Dec 10, 2014 6.1°F — Dec 30, 1968 3.77 in — Dec 3, 2007

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