All-time weather records — Hammond, NY

Record high
98.1°F
August 3, 1988
Record low
-45.0°F
January 4, 1981
Wettest day
70.73 in
June 23, 1951

Climate change signal in Hammond

15%

of Hammond's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

6.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (25 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 #
1930s
24
8
1940s
61
75
1950s
37
47
1960s
28
38
1970s
36
55
1980s
43
61
1990s
35
27
2000s
30
17
2010s
35
34
2020s
37
4

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 1937, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1936-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 16, 1995 -45.0°F — Jan 4, 1981 2.12 in — Jan 13, 2018
February 66.9°F — Feb 28, 2024 -40.0°F — Feb 14, 2016 2.21 in — Feb 25, 2016
March 81.0°F — Mar 15, 1990 -29.0°F — Mar 4, 1938 2.08 in — Mar 6, 2011
April 87.1°F — Apr 27, 1990 -2.0°F — Apr 4, 1954 1.95 in — Apr 9, 2000
May 90.0°F — May 23, 1975 19.9°F — May 2, 1974 1.92 in — May 15, 1953
June 96.1°F — Jun 18, 1994 28.9°F — Jun 1, 1965 70.73 in — Jun 23, 1951
July 97.0°F — Jul 25, 1941 36.0°F — Jul 2, 1992 4.18 in — Jul 18, 2005
August 98.1°F — Aug 3, 1988 30.0°F — Aug 28, 1957 3.92 in — Aug 10, 2024
September 93.9°F — Sep 5, 1999 21.9°F — Sep 25, 1943 4.51 in — Sep 17, 2005
October 87.1°F — Oct 4, 2023 12.9°F — Oct 29, 1940 3.80 in — Oct 1, 2010
November 78.1°F — Nov 10, 1975 -11.9°F — Nov 27, 1949 2.92 in — Nov 4, 1950
December 70.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -43.1°F — Dec 20, 1942 1.93 in — Dec 30, 1942

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