All-time weather records — Highland Beach, MD

Record high
102.9°F
July 7, 2012
Record low
3.0°F
February 2, 1961
Wettest day
8.80 in
September 30, 2010

Climate change signal in Highland Beach

35%

of Highland Beach's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (128 of 366 records since 2015).

16.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (59 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 #
1940s
39
66
1950s
72
140
1960s
8
40
2000s
67
32
2010s
126
63
2020s
54
25

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 1945, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 26, 1950 5.2°F — Jan 7, 2014 2.23 in — Jan 9, 2024
February 82.9°F — Feb 21, 2018 3.0°F — Feb 2, 1961 2.22 in — Feb 22, 2003
March 84.9°F — Mar 16, 1945 14.2°F — Mar 7, 2015 2.41 in — Mar 20, 2003
April 91.0°F — Apr 6, 2010 24.1°F — Apr 14, 1950 2.71 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 93.9°F — May 29, 2019 37.0°F — May 9, 2020 3.28 in — May 12, 2008
June 100.0°F — Jun 29, 1959 48.9°F — Jun 6, 1945 4.31 in — Jun 25, 2006
July 102.9°F — Jul 7, 2012 59.0°F — Jul 3, 1957 5.97 in — Jul 18, 1945
August 102.0°F — Aug 31, 1953 55.9°F — Aug 31, 1946 4.91 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 96.1°F — Sep 4, 2019 44.1°F — Sep 21, 1956 8.80 in — Sep 30, 2010
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 30.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 5.87 in — Oct 29, 2012
November 81.0°F — Nov 3, 2016 18.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 2.74 in — Nov 21, 1952
December 75.0°F — Dec 1, 2006 8.2°F — Dec 24, 2022 2.90 in — Dec 7, 2011

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