All-time weather records — Kearny, NJ

Record high
107.1°F
July 22, 2011
Record low
0.0°F
January 16, 2004
Wettest day
8.59 in
September 2, 2021

Climate change signal in Kearny

42.1%

of Kearny's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (154 of 366 records since 2015).

33.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (122 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 #
1990s
39
83
2000s
112
95
2010s
129
129
2020s
86
59

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 1996, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 6, 2007 0.0°F — Jan 16, 2004 2.60 in — Jan 10, 2024
February 79.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 0.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 2.83 in — Feb 26, 2020
March 88.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 9.0°F — Mar 1, 2014 4.34 in — Mar 13, 2010
April 98.1°F — Apr 17, 2002 25.0°F — Apr 5, 2016 6.82 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 96.1°F — May 21, 1996 33.1°F — May 9, 2020 4.27 in — May 1, 2014
June 102.9°F — Jun 24, 2025 12.0°F — Jun 28, 2011 3.99 in — Jun 7, 2013
July 107.1°F — Jul 22, 2011 43.0°F — Jul 28, 2008 3.24 in — Jul 23, 2004
August 104.0°F — Aug 9, 2001 55.0°F — Aug 31, 2025 6.15 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 99.0°F — Sep 9, 2015 41.0°F — Sep 25, 1997 8.59 in — Sep 2, 2021
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 30.0°F — Oct 28, 2011 4.88 in — Oct 8, 2005
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 2024 12.9°F — Nov 23, 2018 4.74 in — Nov 8, 2006
December 77.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 5.0°F — Dec 24, 2022 3.20 in — Dec 18, 2023

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