All-time weather records — Independence, OR

Record high
111.0°F
June 28, 2021
Record low
-11.0°F
January 31, 1950
Wettest day
4.32 in
December 22, 1964

Climate change signal in Independence

13.4%

of Independence's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (49 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
56
1940s
47
60
1950s
39
76
1960s
53
59
1970s
47
64
1980s
43
26
1990s
28
8
2000s
32
6
2010s
21
4
2020s
32
7

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 1936, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1928-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 1, 1949 -11.0°F — Jan 31, 1950 3.91 in — Jan 15, 1974
February 71.1°F — Feb 27, 1968 -2.0°F — Feb 3, 1950 3.23 in — Feb 6, 1996
March 90.0°F — Mar 22, 1949 0.0°F — Mar 11, 1955 2.30 in — Mar 31, 1943
April 88.0°F — Apr 29, 1957 0.0°F — Apr 1, 1952 2.33 in — Apr 13, 1937
May 98.1°F — May 28, 1983 10.0°F — May 24, 1950 1.57 in — May 17, 1991
June 111.0°F — Jun 28, 2021 10.0°F — Jun 1, 1951 1.60 in — Jun 14, 2009
July 106.0°F — Jul 19, 1956 30.9°F — Jul 3, 1982 1.75 in — Jul 18, 1987
August 106.0°F — Aug 8, 1981 10.0°F — Aug 20, 1956 1.21 in — Aug 30, 1954
September 104.0°F — Sep 6, 1944 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1971 3.51 in — Sep 29, 2013
October 98.1°F — Oct 6, 2024 21.9°F — Oct 28, 1971 3.92 in — Oct 27, 1994
November 75.9°F — Nov 1, 1966 9.0°F — Nov 15, 1955 4.20 in — Nov 19, 1996
December 66.0°F — Dec 28, 1964 -2.0°F — Dec 9, 1972 4.32 in — Dec 22, 1964

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