All-time weather records — Clinton, NJ

Record high
108.0°F
August 7, 1918
Record low
-18.0°F
January 14, 1912
Wettest day
8.49 in
September 17, 1999

Climate change signal in Clinton

6.8%

of Clinton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
3
9
1900s
21
26
1910s
30
19
1920s
28
11
1930s
47
28
1940s
52
21
1950s
32
72
1960s
30
96
1970s
24
32
1980s
17
29
1990s
24
12
2000s
25
6
2010s
24
4
2020s
9
1

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 1898, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1898-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 14, 1932 -18.0°F — Jan 14, 1912 3.07 in — Jan 10, 2024
February 78.1°F — Feb 22, 2018 -16.1°F — Feb 9, 1934 2.68 in — Feb 1, 1915
March 88.0°F — Mar 29, 1945 -6.0°F — Mar 10, 1984 3.87 in — Mar 14, 2010
April 95.0°F — Apr 25, 1915 10.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 5.72 in — Apr 16, 2007
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1939 25.0°F — May 11, 1966 3.74 in — May 3, 1985
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 1934 34.0°F — Jun 15, 1978 3.99 in — Jun 2, 1946
July 106.0°F — Jul 10, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 3, 1957 4.48 in — Jul 19, 1921
August 108.0°F — Aug 7, 1918 37.0°F — Aug 31, 1965 7.53 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 1953 27.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 8.49 in — Sep 17, 1999
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 1941 18.0°F — Oct 26, 1952 4.29 in — Oct 1, 2010
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 1.9°F — Nov 26, 1938 3.34 in — Nov 7, 1932
December 75.0°F — Dec 30, 1984 -14.1°F — Dec 27, 1948 3.36 in — Dec 18, 2023

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