All-time weather records — Cambridge, OH

Record high
102.0°F
July 16, 1988
Record low
-32.1°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.45 in
August 11, 1980

Climate change signal in Cambridge

9.8%

of Cambridge's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
38
100
1970s
61
100
1980s
52
78
1990s
64
32
2000s
59
20
2010s
85
32
2020s
7
4

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 1964, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1948-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 12, 2020 -32.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.17 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 79.0°F — Feb 20, 2018 -16.1°F — Feb 8, 1977 2.08 in — Feb 25, 1965
March 84.9°F — Mar 22, 2012 -2.9°F — Mar 15, 1993 3.71 in — Mar 10, 1964
April 91.9°F — Apr 6, 2010 8.1°F — Apr 1, 1964 2.29 in — Apr 26, 1993
May 97.0°F — May 30, 2010 23.0°F — May 10, 1966 2.57 in — May 18, 1974
June 99.0°F — Jun 28, 1971 30.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 4.97 in — Jun 28, 1998
July 102.0°F — Jul 16, 1988 42.1°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.74 in — Jul 5, 1950
August 99.0°F — Aug 17, 1988 37.0°F — Aug 29, 1965 5.45 in — Aug 11, 1980
September 96.1°F — Sep 2, 1973 32.0°F — Sep 24, 1974 5.33 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 18.0°F — Oct 24, 1964 2.37 in — Oct 8, 1998
November 80.1°F — Nov 2, 2016 0.0°F — Nov 30, 1976 2.57 in — Nov 6, 2017
December 77.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -17.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.05 in — Dec 18, 2016

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