All-time weather records — National City, CA

Record high
108.0°F
September 4, 1988
Record low
0.0°F
December 16, 2004
Wettest day
3.67 in
December 24, 1940

Climate change signal in National City

18%

of National City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (66 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 #
1910s
3
13
1920s
10
86
1930s
18
70
1940s
8
65
1950s
14
53
1960s
15
21
1970s
12
16
1980s
81
11
1990s
57
19
2000s
52
10
2010s
64
2
2020s
32
·

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 1918, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1918-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 31, 2003 24.1°F — Jan 14, 1963 2.14 in — Jan 30, 1986
February 93.0°F — Feb 12, 2022 27.0°F — Feb 27, 1934 2.61 in — Feb 6, 1937
March 95.0°F — Mar 26, 1988 32.0°F — Mar 1, 1939 2.89 in — Mar 9, 1968
April 102.0°F — Apr 6, 1989 15.1°F — Apr 14, 2003 1.82 in — Apr 1, 1941
May 98.1°F — May 15, 2014 39.0°F — May 14, 1994 1.65 in — May 5, 1921
June 107.1°F — Jun 12, 1984 43.0°F — Jun 21, 1984 0.40 in — Jun 5, 1993
July 100.0°F — Jul 24, 2006 51.1°F — Jul 5, 1940 0.88 in — Jul 19, 2015
August 96.1°F — Aug 8, 1936 42.1°F — Aug 13, 1994 1.93 in — Aug 17, 1977
September 108.0°F — Sep 4, 1988 23.0°F — Sep 5, 1999 1.20 in — Sep 25, 1997
October 106.0°F — Oct 3, 1987 36.0°F — Oct 29, 1971 2.88 in — Oct 4, 1925
November 98.1°F — Nov 9, 2016 26.1°F — Nov 9, 1928 2.15 in — Nov 24, 1985
December 86.0°F — Dec 29, 1963 0.0°F — Dec 16, 2004 3.67 in — Dec 24, 1940

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