All-time weather records — Fort Myers, FL

Record high
102.9°F
June 16, 1981
Record low
24.1°F
December 29, 1894
Wettest day
9.92 in
October 21, 1924

Climate change signal in Fort Myers

15.8%

of Fort Myers's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (58 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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 #
1890s
1
16
1900s
2
42
1910s
19
81
1920s
9
34
1930s
2
13
1940s
78
23
1950s
16
53
1960s
11
24
1970s
28
27
1980s
73
21
1990s
49
11
2000s
9
12
2010s
35
8
2020s
34
1

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 2, 1982 27.0°F — Jan 26, 1905 3.67 in — Jan 27, 2019
February 91.9°F — Feb 25, 1962 27.0°F — Feb 4, 1917 5.06 in — Feb 20, 1902
March 93.9°F — Mar 26, 1926 33.1°F — Mar 2, 1920 5.60 in — Mar 25, 1970
April 96.1°F — Apr 27, 1894 39.0°F — Apr 8, 1950 4.67 in — Apr 24, 1939
May 99.0°F — May 26, 1953 50.0°F — May 6, 1945 7.75 in — May 18, 1989
June 102.9°F — Jun 16, 1981 57.9°F — Jun 10, 1894 6.64 in — Jun 17, 1959
July 100.9°F — Jul 7, 1942 66.0°F — Jul 25, 1950 4.06 in — Jul 29, 1965
August 100.0°F — Aug 4, 1942 64.9°F — Aug 24, 1925 7.47 in — Aug 24, 1913
September 98.1°F — Sep 3, 1912 63.0°F — Sep 22, 1922 8.02 in — Sep 19, 1926
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 1986 45.0°F — Oct 28, 1957 9.92 in — Oct 21, 1924
November 95.0°F — Nov 23, 1986 34.0°F — Nov 16, 1940 4.68 in — Nov 16, 2002
December 91.0°F — Dec 19, 2016 24.1°F — Dec 29, 1894 3.64 in — Dec 1, 1925

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