All-time weather records — Ferndale, WA

Record high
100.0°F
August 12, 2021
Record low
-29.0°F
October 23, 1998
Wettest day
3.30 in
January 12, 1976

Climate change signal in Ferndale

22.1%

of Ferndale's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (81 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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 #
1940s
5
22
1950s
60
138
1960s
43
54
1970s
32
37
1980s
44
39
1990s
41
15
2000s
32
36
2010s
70
13
2020s
39
12

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 1949, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1949-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 29, 2024 -2.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 3.30 in — Jan 12, 1976
February 72.0°F — Feb 3, 2012 -2.0°F — Feb 1, 1950 3.21 in — Feb 16, 1949
March 75.9°F — Mar 29, 2004 10.0°F — Mar 10, 1951 2.40 in — Mar 13, 1982
April 82.9°F — Apr 18, 2016 24.1°F — Apr 20, 1951 1.59 in — Apr 17, 1992
May 90.0°F — May 28, 1983 25.0°F — May 1, 1954 1.52 in — May 16, 1988
June 99.0°F — Jun 28, 2021 37.0°F — Jun 2, 1954 1.78 in — Jun 3, 1990
July 96.1°F — Jul 29, 2009 32.0°F — Jul 10, 1965 1.59 in — Jul 5, 1992
August 100.0°F — Aug 12, 2021 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1969 2.01 in — Aug 12, 1965
September 89.1°F — Sep 14, 1951 28.0°F — Sep 27, 1972 2.75 in — Sep 1, 1983
October 80.1°F — Oct 16, 2022 -29.0°F — Oct 23, 1998 2.46 in — Oct 16, 2003
November 79.0°F — Nov 7, 2001 3.0°F — Nov 15, 1955 2.87 in — Nov 9, 1990
December 66.9°F — Dec 10, 2014 -0.9°F — Dec 16, 1964 2.60 in — Dec 30, 1979

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