All-time weather records — Forks, WA

Record high
109.9°F
June 28, 2021
Record low
3.0°F
January 31, 1917
Wettest day
16.50 in
January 9, 1923

Climate change signal in Forks

15%

of Forks's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 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 #
1900s
3
4
1910s
17
89
1920s
29
79
1930s
21
23
1940s
27
18
1950s
25
52
1960s
51
32
1970s
40
18
1980s
47
20
1990s
29
5
2000s
16
10
2010s
26
6
2020s
35
10

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 1907, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1907-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 31, 1935 3.0°F — Jan 31, 1917 16.50 in — Jan 9, 1923
February 75.0°F — Feb 27, 1992 8.1°F — Feb 24, 1917 15.50 in — Feb 17, 1909
March 81.0°F — Mar 19, 2019 12.0°F — Mar 1, 1971 5.65 in — Mar 19, 1997
April 84.9°F — Apr 20, 1934 21.0°F — Apr 7, 1921 5.10 in — Apr 29, 1959
May 96.1°F — May 28, 1983 25.0°F — May 1, 1954 3.50 in — May 29, 1923
June 109.9°F — Jun 28, 2021 30.0°F — Jun 26, 1924 2.89 in — Jun 8, 1956
July 100.9°F — Jul 1, 1942 34.0°F — Jul 30, 1914 5.39 in — Jul 12, 1972
August 102.0°F — Aug 8, 1981 34.0°F — Aug 20, 1920 4.58 in — Aug 30, 1991
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 1988 24.1°F — Sep 24, 1926 4.45 in — Sep 11, 1920
October 88.0°F — Oct 1, 1945 21.0°F — Oct 24, 1919 7.03 in — Oct 16, 2003
November 73.0°F — Nov 1, 1962 8.1°F — Nov 23, 1985 8.85 in — Nov 3, 1955
December 64.9°F — Dec 2, 1969 3.0°F — Dec 11, 1919 6.87 in — Dec 17, 1979

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