All-time weather records — Elmira, NY

Record high
107.1°F
September 3, 1953
Record low
-27.0°F
March 9, 2003
Wettest day
4.56 in
September 8, 2011

Climate change signal in Elmira

7.9%

of Elmira's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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
19
11
1900s
44
29
1910s
16
21
1920s
21
16
1930s
38
12
1940s
46
18
1950s
55
40
1960s
17
78
1970s
13
59
1980s
12
31
1990s
32
9
2000s
17
13
2010s
26
21
2020s
10
8

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 21, 1906 -24.0°F — Jan 5, 1904 2.00 in — Jan 29, 1925
February 73.9°F — Feb 25, 2017 -20.9°F — Feb 18, 1979 2.69 in — Feb 15, 1984
March 86.0°F — Mar 29, 1910 -27.0°F — Mar 9, 2003 3.56 in — Mar 4, 1999
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 2009 6.1°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.09 in — Apr 18, 1910
May 96.1°F — May 20, 1996 21.0°F — May 1, 1931 2.52 in — May 28, 1946
June 102.0°F — Jun 27, 1952 32.0°F — Jun 1, 1965 3.65 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 104.0°F — Jul 9, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 7, 1983 3.50 in — Jul 22, 2003
August 102.0°F — Aug 6, 1918 30.9°F — Aug 29, 1982 4.47 in — Aug 10, 2003
September 107.1°F — Sep 3, 1953 23.0°F — Sep 28, 1947 4.56 in — Sep 8, 2011
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 1905 15.1°F — Oct 19, 1974 3.80 in — Oct 1, 2010
November 87.1°F — Nov 2, 1950 1.0°F — Nov 23, 2018 3.80 in — Nov 9, 1996
December 69.1°F — Dec 7, 1998 -16.1°F — Dec 25, 1980 2.55 in — Dec 11, 1952

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