All-time weather records — Emmitsburg, MD

Record high
102.9°F
July 3, 1966
Record low
-27.0°F
January 21, 1994
Wettest day
7.50 in
September 14, 1966

Climate change signal in Emmitsburg

16.1%

of Emmitsburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (59 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1950s
23
28
1960s
64
120
1970s
51
82
1980s
58
66
1990s
55
29
2000s
37
21
2010s
42
16
2020s
36
4

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 1956, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1956-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 25, 1967 -27.0°F — Jan 21, 1994 7.00 in — Jan 24, 2004
February 79.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 -13.0°F — Feb 6, 1996 4.00 in — Feb 9, 1996
March 87.1°F — Mar 16, 1989 -5.1°F — Mar 11, 1960 2.80 in — Mar 5, 1965
April 91.9°F — Apr 23, 1960 15.1°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.37 in — Apr 17, 2011
May 93.9°F — May 15, 1962 26.1°F — May 7, 1968 3.33 in — May 16, 2014
June 100.9°F — Jun 30, 1959 35.1°F — Jun 3, 1997 6.10 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 102.9°F — Jul 3, 1966 39.0°F — Jul 12, 1996 5.46 in — Jul 22, 2018
August 102.9°F — Aug 20, 1983 36.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 3.64 in — Aug 31, 1981
September 98.1°F — Sep 2, 1980 24.1°F — Sep 25, 1963 7.50 in — Sep 14, 1966
October 91.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 16.0°F — Oct 24, 1969 5.38 in — Oct 9, 1976
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 1971 9.0°F — Nov 23, 1964 2.79 in — Nov 23, 2011
December 77.0°F — Dec 4, 1982 -18.9°F — Dec 23, 1960 3.20 in — Dec 4, 1993

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