All-time weather records — Canandaigua, NY

Record high
100.9°F
August 10, 2001
Record low
-17.0°F
January 15, 1957
Wettest day
3.71 in
July 29, 2014

Climate change signal in Canandaigua

15.3%

of Canandaigua's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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
50
32
1950s
68
64
1960s
33
99
1970s
36
66
1980s
38
33
1990s
43
26
2000s
28
22
2010s
41
19
2020s
29
5

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 1944, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1942-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 26, 1950 -17.0°F — Jan 15, 1957 1.73 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 73.9°F — Feb 25, 2017 -17.0°F — Feb 18, 1979 2.12 in — Feb 26, 1961
March 84.9°F — Mar 31, 1977 -9.9°F — Mar 5, 1948 2.02 in — Mar 1, 1955
April 89.1°F — Apr 28, 2009 10.0°F — Apr 4, 1954 2.22 in — Apr 21, 2017
May 93.0°F — May 10, 1979 25.0°F — May 8, 1956 2.00 in — May 16, 2014
June 96.1°F — Jun 10, 2008 34.0°F — Jun 4, 1965 2.80 in — Jun 26, 1968
July 100.0°F — Jul 22, 2011 41.0°F — Jul 30, 1965 3.71 in — Jul 29, 2014
August 100.9°F — Aug 10, 2001 39.9°F — Aug 31, 1965 2.62 in — Aug 15, 1973
September 98.1°F — Sep 4, 1953 30.9°F — Sep 23, 1947 3.08 in — Sep 26, 1975
October 89.1°F — Oct 1, 1954 21.9°F — Oct 24, 1947 2.80 in — Oct 21, 2016
November 84.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 5.0°F — Nov 23, 2018 2.25 in — Nov 12, 2022
December 72.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -11.9°F — Dec 25, 1980 1.83 in — Dec 25, 1978

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