All-time weather records — Fair Haven, NY

Record high
97.0°F
August 14, 2002
Record low
-23.1°F
December 29, 1933
Wettest day
3.80 in
July 3, 1974

Climate change signal in Fair Haven

15.6%

of Fair Haven's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (57 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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
12
21
1930s
51
45
1940s
48
36
1950s
45
30
1960s
24
34
1970s
21
77
1980s
34
58
1990s
32
29
2000s
21
19
2010s
44
16
2020s
34
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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 69.1°F — Jan 25, 1950 -20.9°F — Jan 15, 1957 2.47 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 70.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -20.9°F — Feb 9, 1934 2.15 in — Feb 26, 1961
March 82.9°F — Mar 28, 1945 -9.0°F — Mar 4, 1950 2.69 in — Mar 4, 1971
April 90.0°F — Apr 28, 1990 12.9°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.00 in — Apr 4, 2003
May 91.0°F — May 22, 2024 28.0°F — May 1, 1943 2.08 in — May 13, 2000
June 96.1°F — Jun 21, 1953 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1971 3.00 in — Jun 20, 2019
July 95.0°F — Jul 14, 1952 44.1°F — Jul 8, 1969 3.80 in — Jul 3, 1974
August 97.0°F — Aug 14, 2002 42.1°F — Aug 27, 1969 3.41 in — Aug 31, 2005
September 96.1°F — Sep 5, 1953 30.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 3.50 in — Sep 30, 2010
October 86.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 20, 1972 3.32 in — Oct 21, 1995
November 79.0°F — Nov 5, 2024 3.9°F — Nov 23, 2018 3.25 in — Nov 30, 1963
December 69.1°F — Dec 7, 1998 -23.1°F — Dec 29, 1933 2.52 in — Dec 1, 2010

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