All-time weather records — Gainesville, FL

Record high
102.9°F
June 15, 2011
Record low
10.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.95 in
June 24, 2012

Climate change signal in Gainesville

37.7%

of Gainesville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (138 of 366 records since 2015).

8.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (30 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 #
1960s
54
111
1980s
27
46
1990s
52
59
2000s
41
80
2010s
134
51
2020s
58
19

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 1960, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1960-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 30, 2023 10.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.48 in — Jan 2, 2006
February 91.0°F — Feb 23, 2019 18.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.60 in — Feb 22, 1998
March 93.0°F — Mar 28, 2020 25.2°F — Mar 16, 2017 3.90 in — Mar 11, 2022
April 96.1°F — Apr 27, 2011 32.0°F — Apr 17, 1962 4.95 in — Apr 9, 2018
May 102.0°F — May 27, 2019 42.1°F — May 8, 1992 3.54 in — May 22, 1967
June 102.9°F — Jun 15, 2011 50.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 6.95 in — Jun 24, 2012
July 100.0°F — Jul 27, 2025 61.0°F — Jul 9, 2006 4.96 in — Jul 6, 1996
August 100.0°F — Aug 27, 2011 61.0°F — Aug 9, 2002 5.41 in — Aug 5, 2024
September 97.0°F — Sep 5, 2020 48.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.63 in — Sep 10, 2017
October 93.0°F — Oct 11, 2009 32.0°F — Oct 29, 2008 5.13 in — Oct 3, 1992
November 91.0°F — Nov 3, 2015 24.3°F — Nov 20, 2014 2.53 in — Nov 23, 2017
December 86.0°F — Dec 18, 2016 12.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.62 in — Dec 17, 2005

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