All-time weather records — Cayuga Heights, NY

Record high
102.9°F
July 9, 1936
Record low
-25.1°F
January 15, 1957
Wettest day
5.08 in
October 28, 1981

Climate change signal in Cayuga Heights

9%

of Cayuga Heights's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (33 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
22
12
1900s
28
15
1910s
38
16
1920s
33
26
1930s
55
12
1940s
31
38
1950s
23
33
1960s
18
56
1970s
14
50
1980s
10
42
1990s
27
18
2000s
20
20
2010s
30
18
2020s
17
10

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 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 21, 1906 -25.1°F — Jan 15, 1957 1.96 in — Jan 12, 1915
February 73.0°F — Feb 25, 2017 -25.1°F — Feb 2, 1961 1.72 in — Feb 28, 1958
March 84.9°F — Mar 31, 1977 -17.0°F — Mar 19, 1993 2.46 in — Mar 1, 1900
April 91.0°F — Apr 28, 2009 -0.9°F — Apr 5, 2016 2.13 in — Apr 11, 1993
May 96.1°F — May 22, 1911 21.9°F — May 2, 1903 2.25 in — May 14, 2002
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 1933 25.0°F — Jun 23, 1986 3.55 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 102.9°F — Jul 9, 1936 37.9°F — Jul 9, 1963 4.60 in — Jul 8, 1935
August 100.9°F — Aug 22, 1916 32.0°F — Aug 30, 1965 3.96 in — Aug 16, 1947
September 100.0°F — Sep 12, 1931 24.1°F — Sep 28, 1947 4.43 in — Sep 8, 2011
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 1953 15.1°F — Oct 30, 1928 5.08 in — Oct 28, 1981
November 81.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 -5.1°F — Nov 23, 2018 4.02 in — Nov 9, 1996
December 69.1°F — Dec 7, 1998 -22.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 2.38 in — Dec 15, 1901

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