All-time weather records — Cambridge, ID

Record high
117.0°F
July 29, 1934
Record low
-35.0°F
December 13, 1919
Wettest day
2.60 in
June 4, 1956

Climate change signal in Cambridge

4.4%

of Cambridge's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (16 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
26
41
1900s
28
33
1910s
22
51
1920s
41
15
1930s
82
31
1940s
42
18
1950s
15
37
1960s
25
61
1970s
6
18
1980s
11
27
1990s
14
15
2000s
31
10
2010s
22
9
2020s
1
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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 1894, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 1894-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 1, 1918 -34.1°F — Jan 21, 1937 2.30 in — Jan 10, 1952
February 64.9°F — Feb 28, 1992 -31.0°F — Feb 7, 1989 1.50 in — Feb 9, 1949
March 78.1°F — Mar 15, 1934 -11.0°F — Mar 1, 1993 1.66 in — Mar 16, 1950
April 99.0°F — Apr 26, 1910 1.0°F — Apr 7, 1918 1.38 in — Apr 26, 2012
May 100.9°F — May 28, 1919 3.9°F — May 31, 1921 1.36 in — May 3, 1896
June 111.9°F — Jun 28, 2015 27.0°F — Jun 6, 1899 2.60 in — Jun 4, 1956
July 117.0°F — Jul 29, 1934 28.9°F — Jul 1, 1900 1.45 in — Jul 24, 1923
August 111.0°F — Aug 2, 2015 28.0°F — Aug 28, 1960 1.20 in — Aug 7, 2009
September 109.9°F — Sep 6, 1923 17.1°F — Sep 24, 1926 1.61 in — Sep 17, 1989
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 1997 1.9°F — Oct 20, 1905 1.96 in — Oct 31, 1996
November 73.0°F — Nov 2, 1931 -24.0°F — Nov 23, 1985 1.77 in — Nov 8, 1963
December 64.9°F — Dec 11, 1939 -35.0°F — Dec 13, 1919 2.00 in — Dec 5, 1922

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