All-time weather records — Ellicottville, NY

Record high
98.1°F
August 16, 1985
Record low
-27.9°F
February 18, 1979
Wettest day
4.07 in
March 22, 1945

Climate change signal in Ellicottville

12%

of Ellicottville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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
74
58
1950s
67
69
1960s
37
83
1970s
36
45
1980s
29
28
1990s
35
30
2000s
24
19
2010s
39
25
2020s
25
9

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 70.0°F — Jan 26, 1950 -26.0°F — Jan 7, 1996 3.20 in — Jan 21, 2011
February 71.1°F — Feb 25, 2017 -27.9°F — Feb 18, 1979 2.18 in — Feb 26, 1961
March 80.1°F — Mar 26, 1945 -18.9°F — Mar 1, 2015 4.07 in — Mar 22, 1945
April 88.0°F — Apr 29, 1990 5.0°F — Apr 1, 1969 2.88 in — Apr 5, 2003
May 90.0°F — May 29, 2012 19.9°F — May 4, 1981 2.48 in — May 23, 1970
June 95.0°F — Jun 27, 1952 28.9°F — Jun 3, 1966 3.62 in — Jun 23, 1972
July 96.1°F — Jul 9, 1994 33.1°F — Jul 25, 1993 3.87 in — Jul 17, 2020
August 98.1°F — Aug 16, 1985 30.9°F — Aug 29, 1982 3.42 in — Aug 19, 2021
September 95.0°F — Sep 4, 1953 21.9°F — Sep 29, 1957 3.43 in — Sep 15, 1989
October 86.0°F — Oct 6, 1951 14.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 3.19 in — Oct 7, 1959
November 77.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 -5.1°F — Nov 23, 1971 2.90 in — Nov 3, 1999
December 71.1°F — Dec 4, 1982 -22.0°F — Dec 12, 1988 1.70 in — Dec 20, 2002

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