All-time weather records — College Park, MD

Record high
102.9°F
July 17, 1988
Record low
-35.0°F
December 26, 1983
Wettest day
9.38 in
August 13, 1955

Climate change signal in College Park

10.1%

of College Park's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 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 #
1940s
48
71
1950s
60
69
1960s
35
88
1970s
38
56
1980s
33
55
1990s
59
14
2000s
38
4
2010s
33
9
2020s
22
·

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 1941, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1941-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 27, 1950 -27.0°F — Jan 12, 1982 2.85 in — Jan 4, 1988
February 79.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 -17.0°F — Feb 24, 1989 2.11 in — Feb 23, 2003
March 88.0°F — Mar 13, 1990 -0.9°F — Mar 11, 1960 3.10 in — Mar 20, 1958
April 93.9°F — Apr 19, 1976 15.1°F — Apr 2, 1989 2.35 in — Apr 16, 2014
May 96.1°F — May 28, 1941 26.1°F — May 10, 1947 4.27 in — May 26, 2009
June 100.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.0°F — Jun 8, 1977 4.75 in — Jun 26, 2006
July 102.9°F — Jul 17, 1988 33.1°F — Jul 16, 1986 4.58 in — Jul 14, 1975
August 102.0°F — Aug 1, 1954 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1982 9.38 in — Aug 13, 1955
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 1953 28.9°F — Sep 30, 1942 5.10 in — Sep 26, 1975
October 98.1°F — Oct 5, 1941 19.9°F — Oct 24, 1969 5.54 in — Oct 8, 2005
November 84.9°F — Nov 2, 1950 -2.0°F — Nov 18, 1983 4.10 in — Nov 28, 1993
December 82.9°F — Dec 9, 1943 -35.0°F — Dec 26, 1983 3.33 in — Dec 18, 1977

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