All-time weather records — Hackensack, NJ

Record high
104.0°F
July 22, 2011
Record low
-7.1°F
January 22, 1984
Wettest day
8.18 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Hackensack

25.1%

of Hackensack's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (92 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 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
3
2
1970s
53
84
1980s
39
106
1990s
59
97
2000s
77
32
2010s
88
33
2020s
47
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 1969, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1969-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 6, 2007 -7.1°F — Jan 22, 1984 3.10 in — Jan 25, 1979
February 95.0°F — Feb 22, 2005 -2.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.03 in — Feb 16, 2016
March 84.9°F — Mar 11, 2026 8.1°F — Mar 1, 1980 3.28 in — Mar 23, 2024
April 95.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 19.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 6.86 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 98.1°F — May 21, 2022 32.0°F — May 14, 1996 3.23 in — May 5, 2017
June 100.9°F — Jun 9, 2011 42.1°F — Jun 11, 1980 3.20 in — Jun 7, 2013
July 104.0°F — Jul 22, 2011 48.9°F — Jul 4, 1986 4.77 in — Jul 24, 1997
August 102.0°F — Aug 9, 2001 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 5.40 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 99.0°F — Sep 7, 2023 37.9°F — Sep 20, 1993 8.18 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 28, 1976 4.37 in — Oct 19, 1996
November 84.0°F — Nov 6, 2024 14.2°F — Nov 23, 2018 3.40 in — Nov 9, 1977
December 77.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 25, 1980 3.54 in — Dec 13, 1983

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