All-time weather records — Horseheads, NY

Record high
104.0°F
July 21, 2011
Record low
-25.1°F
February 1, 1948
Wettest day
4.02 in
October 14, 1955

Climate change signal in Horseheads

26.8%

of Horseheads's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (98 of 366 records since 2015).

16.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (61 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
11
18
1940s
46
57
1950s
91
87
1960s
2
6
1990s
16
19
2000s
59
95
2010s
94
51
2020s
47
33

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 1938, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1938-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 25, 1950 -24.0°F — Jan 15, 1957 1.19 in — Jan 25, 1958
February 75.0°F — Feb 24, 2017 -25.1°F — Feb 1, 1948 1.25 in — Feb 6, 2008
March 84.9°F — Mar 30, 1998 -14.1°F — Mar 4, 1950 1.73 in — Mar 24, 1953
April 91.9°F — Apr 27, 2009 3.2°F — Apr 5, 2016 1.99 in — Apr 29, 2021
May 93.9°F — May 28, 2016 23.2°F — May 1, 2008 2.85 in — May 27, 1946
June 102.0°F — Jun 26, 1952 28.2°F — Jun 14, 2006 2.66 in — Jun 30, 1998
July 104.0°F — Jul 21, 2011 27.0°F — Jul 2, 2001 2.65 in — Jul 21, 2003
August 100.0°F — Aug 9, 2001 33.1°F — Aug 25, 1940 3.78 in — Aug 13, 2018
September 102.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 24.1°F — Sep 28, 1947 3.26 in — Sep 7, 2011
October 90.0°F — Oct 5, 1951 19.0°F — Oct 26, 1952 4.02 in — Oct 14, 1955
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 -7.1°F — Nov 26, 1938 2.05 in — Nov 29, 2005
December 73.0°F — Dec 30, 2004 -16.1°F — Dec 27, 1950 1.51 in — Dec 14, 1999

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