All-time weather records — Irvine, CA

Record high
111.0°F
September 26, 1963
Record low
3.9°F
March 31, 1996
Wettest day
7.06 in
January 6, 1983

Climate change signal in Irvine

0%

of Irvine's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1900s
·
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1910s
17
52
1920s
40
97
1930s
54
71
1940s
22
50
1950s
49
61
1960s
36
11
1970s
37
18
1980s
46
2
1990s
59
4
2000s
6
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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 1915, the latest in 2003. Period of observation: 1902-2003.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 95.0°F — Jan 17, 1920 18.0°F — Jan 21, 1937 7.06 in — Jan 6, 1983
February 93.0°F — Feb 24, 1921 25.0°F — Feb 21, 1953 4.00 in — Feb 7, 1937
March 98.1°F — Mar 19, 1997 3.9°F — Mar 31, 1996 3.67 in — Mar 13, 1905
April 106.0°F — Apr 6, 1989 30.9°F — Apr 6, 1921 4.14 in — Apr 6, 1926
May 105.1°F — May 20, 1942 34.0°F — May 6, 1975 1.82 in — May 9, 1977
June 109.0°F — Jun 10, 1979 37.0°F — Jun 1, 1923 1.36 in — Jun 5, 1993
July 109.9°F — Jul 1, 1985 41.0°F — Jul 4, 1920 0.12 in — Jul 30, 1965
August 109.9°F — Aug 5, 1997 42.1°F — Aug 30, 1917 1.14 in — Aug 17, 1977
September 111.0°F — Sep 26, 1963 39.0°F — Sep 26, 1948 3.07 in — Sep 25, 1939
October 108.0°F — Oct 14, 1997 28.9°F — Oct 29, 1971 1.50 in — Oct 30, 1920
November 105.1°F — Nov 2, 1997 25.0°F — Nov 11, 1938 3.26 in — Nov 22, 1996
December 97.0°F — Dec 30, 1980 23.0°F — Dec 26, 1924 5.17 in — Dec 6, 1997

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