All-time weather records — Kent, WA

Record high
106.0°F
June 28, 2021
Record low
-9.9°F
January 18, 1950
Wettest day
6.00 in
December 27, 1949

Climate change signal in Kent

11.2%

of Kent's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (41 of 366 records since 2015).

0.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (1 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 #
1910s
21
99
1920s
30
89
1930s
39
48
1940s
50
19
1950s
26
37
1960s
40
25
1970s
34
16
1980s
32
28
1990s
19
2
2000s
23
2
2010s
40
1
2020s
12
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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 1912, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1912-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 28, 1940 -9.9°F — Jan 18, 1950 3.68 in — Jan 24, 1982
February 96.1°F — Feb 2, 1982 -5.1°F — Feb 1, 1950 2.95 in — Feb 8, 1996
March 81.0°F — Mar 19, 2019 10.0°F — Mar 4, 1955 2.25 in — Mar 5, 1972
April 89.1°F — Apr 18, 2016 23.0°F — Apr 2, 1935 2.19 in — Apr 4, 1991
May 95.0°F — May 31, 1922 21.0°F — May 10, 1923 1.85 in — May 15, 2011
June 106.0°F — Jun 28, 2021 33.1°F — Jun 4, 1938 2.24 in — Jun 12, 2000
July 104.0°F — Jul 29, 2009 33.1°F — Jul 3, 2016 1.33 in — Jul 2, 1916
August 99.0°F — Aug 9, 1981 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1980 1.73 in — Aug 18, 1975
September 96.1°F — Sep 2, 1988 19.0°F — Sep 10, 2001 2.10 in — Sep 28, 2013
October 87.1°F — Oct 4, 1932 19.0°F — Oct 25, 1919 3.22 in — Oct 20, 2003
November 78.1°F — Nov 3, 2010 -0.9°F — Nov 23, 1985 3.24 in — Nov 6, 2006
December 69.1°F — Dec 27, 1980 0.0°F — Dec 12, 1919 6.00 in — Dec 27, 1949

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