All-time weather records — Fall River, MA

Record high
125.1°F
March 2, 2002
Record low
-11.7°F
February 21, 2015
Wettest day
6.31 in
July 4, 2014

Climate change signal in Fall River

46.7%

of Fall River's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (171 of 366 records since 2015).

32.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (120 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 #
1990s
28
37
2000s
94
163
2010s
144
106
2020s
100
60

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 1997, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 12, 2020 -9.9°F — Jan 29, 2005 2.96 in — Jan 20, 2019
February 72.0°F — Feb 16, 2023 -11.7°F — Feb 21, 2015 2.34 in — Feb 13, 2008
March 125.1°F — Mar 2, 2002 -0.8°F — Mar 1, 2015 4.57 in — Mar 30, 2001
April 91.9°F — Apr 17, 2002 0.1°F — Apr 23, 2018 2.66 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 95.0°F — May 26, 2010 26.2°F — May 18, 2023 2.97 in — May 22, 2025
June 100.9°F — Jun 24, 2025 33.1°F — Jun 2, 2022 4.26 in — Jun 7, 2006
July 102.0°F — Jul 22, 2011 0.1°F — Jul 15, 2016 6.31 in — Jul 4, 2014
August 98.1°F — Aug 2, 2006 43.0°F — Aug 19, 2007 5.62 in — Aug 30, 2005
September 93.9°F — Sep 1, 2010 32.0°F — Sep 21, 2020 3.44 in — Sep 30, 2015
October 86.0°F — Oct 9, 2011 11.1°F — Oct 27, 2018 3.50 in — Oct 15, 2005
November 79.0°F — Nov 7, 2022 10.9°F — Nov 25, 2000 3.26 in — Nov 22, 2005
December 70.0°F — Dec 4, 1998 3.0°F — Dec 28, 2025 2.74 in — Dec 5, 2020

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