All-time weather records — Fayetteville, NY

Record high
100.9°F
July 17, 2012
Record low
-26.0°F
January 26, 1966
Wettest day
4.29 in
July 12, 2006

Climate change signal in Fayetteville

15.6%

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

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1930s
11
18
1940s
63
88
1950s
50
26
1960s
27
65
1970s
27
49
1980s
30
60
1990s
31
25
2000s
39
12
2010s
46
19
2020s
42
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 1938, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1938-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 8, 2008 -26.0°F — Jan 26, 1966 1.55 in — Jan 12, 2018
February 75.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -26.0°F — Feb 18, 1979 2.24 in — Feb 19, 1940
March 87.1°F — Mar 30, 1986 -16.1°F — Mar 4, 1950 1.96 in — Mar 31, 2026
April 91.9°F — Apr 28, 1990 9.0°F — Apr 7, 1972 2.42 in — Apr 2, 1970
May 96.1°F — May 21, 1977 25.0°F — May 7, 1966 2.42 in — May 29, 2016
June 98.1°F — Jun 21, 1953 34.0°F — Jun 1, 1945 3.60 in — Jun 21, 1972
July 100.9°F — Jul 17, 2012 44.1°F — Jul 16, 1946 4.29 in — Jul 12, 2006
August 100.9°F — Aug 14, 2002 37.9°F — Aug 25, 1940 4.21 in — Aug 22, 2010
September 98.1°F — Sep 16, 1939 25.0°F — Sep 28, 1947 2.66 in — Sep 30, 2010
October 89.1°F — Oct 4, 2023 18.0°F — Oct 29, 1940 3.55 in — Oct 6, 1955
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -0.8°F — Nov 23, 2018 3.56 in — Nov 8, 1996
December 72.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -26.0°F — Dec 20, 1942 2.35 in — Dec 30, 1942

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