All-time weather records — Erie, PA

Record high
100.0°F
June 25, 1988
Record low
-18.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
10.37 in
July 22, 1947

Climate change signal in Erie

16.1%

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

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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 #
1920s
11
18
1930s
62
18
1940s
45
22
1950s
43
72
1960s
31
58
1970s
9
94
1980s
23
36
1990s
34
10
2000s
33
11
2010s
45
23
2020s
30
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 1926, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1926-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 -18.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 1.61 in — Jan 17, 2022
February 77.0°F — Feb 24, 2017 -17.9°F — Feb 16, 2015 2.11 in — Feb 15, 1990
March 82.0°F — Mar 22, 1938 -9.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 1.80 in — Mar 5, 1965
April 89.1°F — Apr 28, 1990 12.0°F — Apr 1, 1954 2.95 in — Apr 5, 1947
May 90.0°F — May 16, 1991 26.1°F — May 7, 1970 2.32 in — May 28, 2013
June 100.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 32.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 4.61 in — Jun 18, 1996
July 99.0°F — Jul 4, 1990 44.1°F — Jul 9, 1963 10.37 in — Jul 22, 1947
August 93.9°F — Aug 4, 1930 37.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 3.29 in — Aug 28, 1990
September 99.0°F — Sep 3, 1953 33.1°F — Sep 23, 1974 4.66 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 89.1°F — Oct 1, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 31, 1975 4.35 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 6.1°F — Nov 30, 1929 2.85 in — Nov 5, 2017
December 75.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -6.0°F — Dec 26, 1983 2.09 in — Dec 25, 1979

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