All-time weather records — Methuen Town, MA

Record high
106.0°F
July 4, 1911
Record low
-25.1°F
February 16, 1943
Wettest day
10.20 in
December 7, 1994

Climate change signal in Methuen Town

10.7%

of Methuen Town's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (39 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
20
26
1900s
14
99
1910s
22
49
1920s
27
39
1930s
24
45
1940s
32
24
1950s
30
13
1960s
19
11
1970s
26
8
1980s
24
13
1990s
33
21
2000s
38
12
2010s
33
5
2020s
24
1

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 7, 2007 -23.1°F — Jan 28, 1904 8.00 in — Jan 7, 2001
February 75.9°F — Feb 22, 2018 -25.1°F — Feb 16, 1943 8.00 in — Feb 1, 2003
March 88.0°F — Mar 29, 1998 -6.0°F — Mar 1, 1907 10.00 in — Mar 7, 1999
April 93.0°F — Apr 18, 2002 9.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.73 in — Apr 16, 2007
May 98.1°F — May 22, 1911 7.0°F — May 27, 1907 4.70 in — May 14, 2006
June 102.0°F — Jun 25, 2025 35.1°F — Jun 9, 1997 5.46 in — Jun 19, 1922
July 106.0°F — Jul 4, 1911 43.0°F — Jul 9, 1909 4.71 in — Jul 2, 1915
August 100.9°F — Aug 3, 1975 37.0°F — Aug 28, 1907 6.05 in — Aug 20, 1991
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 28.0°F — Sep 29, 1914 6.96 in — Sep 11, 1954
October 89.1°F — Oct 7, 1963 19.0°F — Oct 28, 1936 6.72 in — Oct 21, 1996
November 81.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 3.9°F — Nov 26, 1938 3.69 in — Nov 10, 1932
December 75.0°F — Dec 8, 1998 -20.0°F — Dec 30, 1933 10.20 in — Dec 7, 1994

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