All-time weather records — Leicester, NY

Record high
102.0°F
July 4, 1897
Record low
-22.0°F
January 15, 1957
Wettest day
4.25 in
October 1, 1959

Climate change signal in Leicester

7.7%

of Leicester's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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 #
1890s
172
86
1900s
·
2
1920s
1
14
1940s
7
5
1950s
39
48
1960s
28
79
1970s
17
35
1980s
18
35
1990s
23
33
2000s
16
9
2010s
30
15
2020s
15
5

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 9, 1897 -22.0°F — Jan 15, 1957 1.91 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 75.9°F — Feb 11, 1897 -18.9°F — Feb 18, 1979 2.45 in — Feb 26, 1961
March 82.9°F — Mar 16, 1990 -7.1°F — Mar 4, 1950 2.60 in — Mar 14, 1993
April 93.0°F — Apr 29, 1990 10.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.02 in — Apr 19, 1969
May 95.0°F — May 5, 1895 21.0°F — May 14, 1993 1.88 in — May 18, 1894
June 100.0°F — Jun 4, 1895 -0.9°F — Jun 9, 1990 3.13 in — Jun 6, 1982
July 102.0°F — Jul 4, 1897 -0.9°F — Jul 2, 1989 3.40 in — Jul 14, 2010
August 99.0°F — Aug 3, 1897 0.0°F — Aug 25, 1992 3.70 in — Aug 12, 1983
September 98.1°F — Sep 3, 1953 25.0°F — Sep 21, 1929 2.93 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 88.0°F — Oct 5, 1951 0.0°F — Oct 10, 1993 4.25 in — Oct 1, 1959
November 90.0°F — Nov 6, 1896 -8.0°F — Nov 23, 1893 2.00 in — Nov 10, 1895
December 78.1°F — Dec 13, 1896 -17.0°F — Dec 30, 1899 1.60 in — Dec 25, 1979

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