All-time weather records — Del Mar, CA

Record high
122.0°F
November 13, 2015
Record low
0.1°F
August 29, 2009
Wettest day
3.70 in
February 27, 2017

Climate change signal in Del Mar

16.4%

of Del Mar's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (60 of 366 records since 2015).

8.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (31 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
2
22
1950s
27
58
1960s
51
22
1970s
37
82
1980s
79
40
1990s
41
37
2000s
44
28
2010s
79
46
2020s
6
31

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1947-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 91.0°F — Jan 11, 1996 28.0°F — Jan 5, 1972 2.74 in — Jan 29, 1980
February 93.0°F — Feb 11, 1962 32.0°F — Feb 1, 1985 3.70 in — Feb 27, 2017
March 102.0°F — Mar 26, 1988 30.9°F — Mar 1, 1981 2.40 in — Mar 17, 1982
April 102.0°F — Apr 6, 1989 18.0°F — Apr 1, 1982 2.08 in — Apr 8, 1975
May 109.0°F — May 1, 1980 10.2°F — May 25, 2023 1.53 in — May 8, 1977
June 105.1°F — Jun 11, 1979 46.0°F — Jun 1, 1967 0.57 in — Jun 5, 1993
July 106.0°F — Jul 1, 1985 50.0°F — Jul 8, 1974 1.33 in — Jul 18, 2015
August 102.0°F — Aug 6, 1983 0.1°F — Aug 29, 2009 0.79 in — Aug 16, 1977
September 111.0°F — Sep 26, 1963 48.9°F — Sep 15, 1952 1.22 in — Sep 25, 1997
October 108.0°F — Oct 4, 1987 33.1°F — Oct 30, 1971 1.34 in — Oct 25, 1951
November 122.0°F — Nov 13, 2015 30.9°F — Nov 19, 1994 2.03 in — Nov 22, 1965
December 89.1°F — Dec 3, 1958 28.0°F — Dec 7, 1978 2.46 in — Dec 22, 2010

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