All-time weather records — Dalton, GA

Record high
104.0°F
August 5, 1947
Record low
-9.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
5.29 in
June 19, 2003

Climate change signal in Dalton

0%

of Dalton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1930s
62
33
1940s
88
60
1950s
62
62
1960s
34
75
1970s
17
46
1980s
59
57
1990s
32
23
2000s
12
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 1935, the latest in 2004. Period of observation: 1935-2005.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 11, 1949 -9.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.24 in — Jan 16, 1954
February 79.0°F — Feb 16, 1989 -0.9°F — Feb 1, 1936 3.66 in — Feb 13, 1945
March 87.1°F — Mar 10, 2000 7.0°F — Mar 15, 1993 4.30 in — Mar 15, 1964
April 91.0°F — Apr 19, 1955 24.1°F — Apr 13, 1940 3.95 in — Apr 2, 1936
May 99.0°F — May 29, 1941 33.1°F — May 4, 1971 3.78 in — May 22, 2003
June 102.9°F — Jun 27, 1988 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1984 5.29 in — Jun 19, 2003
July 102.9°F — Jul 28, 1952 39.9°F — Jul 31, 1998 3.70 in — Jul 26, 1943
August 104.0°F — Aug 5, 1947 51.1°F — Aug 29, 1968 3.24 in — Aug 13, 1966
September 102.0°F — Sep 6, 1954 32.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 5.20 in — Sep 14, 1973
October 93.9°F — Oct 6, 1954 23.0°F — Oct 30, 1952 4.00 in — Oct 3, 1962
November 87.1°F — Nov 3, 1935 12.0°F — Nov 29, 1955 4.01 in — Nov 11, 1946
December 78.1°F — Dec 9, 1956 -4.0°F — Dec 26, 1983 3.71 in — Dec 12, 1961

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