All-time weather records — Essex Junction, VT

Record high
484.0°F
November 3, 1981
Record low
-35.0°F
February 7, 1993
Wettest day
3.19 in
September 17, 1999

Climate change signal in Essex Junction

0%

of Essex Junction's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1970s
2
5
1980s
53
115
1990s
101
151
2000s
137
76
2010s
73
19

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 1972, the latest in 2014. Period of observation: 1971-2014.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 16, 1995 -31.0°F — Jan 27, 1994 1.70 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 60.1°F — Feb 27, 2002 -35.0°F — Feb 7, 1993 1.81 in — Feb 15, 2007
March 82.0°F — Mar 21, 2012 -23.1°F — Mar 15, 1993 1.99 in — Mar 7, 2011
April 91.0°F — Apr 18, 2002 1.9°F — Apr 6, 1995 2.63 in — Apr 27, 2011
May 93.0°F — May 27, 2010 25.0°F — May 13, 2005 2.11 in — May 20, 2006
June 98.1°F — Jun 20, 1995 30.0°F — Jun 3, 1986 2.39 in — Jun 12, 2002
July 100.0°F — Jul 15, 1995 39.0°F — Jul 2, 1992 3.14 in — Jul 16, 1985
August 98.1°F — Aug 10, 2001 36.0°F — Aug 24, 1987 3.12 in — Aug 31, 2004
September 97.0°F — Sep 10, 2002 27.0°F — Sep 29, 2000 3.19 in — Sep 17, 1999
October 172.0°F — Oct 17, 1978 19.0°F — Oct 31, 1988 2.35 in — Oct 16, 2010
November 484.0°F — Nov 3, 1981 -2.9°F — Nov 24, 1989 2.40 in — Nov 11, 1990
December 64.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -26.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 1.92 in — Dec 2, 1996

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