All-time weather records — New Kensington, PA

Record high
104.0°F
July 6, 1977
Record low
-11.9°F
January 31, 2026
Wettest day
5.70 in
September 18, 2004

Climate change signal in New Kensington

77.9%

of New Kensington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (285 of 366 records since 2015).

70.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (258 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 #
1920s
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1930s
·
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1940s
·
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1950s
·
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1960s
·
·
1970s
18
8
1980s
·
·
1990s
·
·
2000s
·
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2010s
188
216
2020s
160
142

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 1977, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1927-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 12, 2020 -11.9°F — Jan 31, 2026 2.25 in — Jan 27, 1952
February 78.1°F — Feb 25, 2017 -11.9°F — Feb 1, 2026 2.01 in — Feb 16, 2018
March 80.1°F — Mar 23, 2012 -4.0°F — Mar 1, 2015 1.89 in — Mar 30, 1928
April 86.0°F — Apr 6, 2023 19.9°F — Apr 10, 2016 2.63 in — Apr 12, 1948
May 93.9°F — May 28, 2014 30.0°F — May 9, 2020 3.08 in — May 27, 1987
June 98.1°F — Jun 23, 2022 37.9°F — Jun 5, 2019 3.40 in — Jun 15, 2015
July 104.0°F — Jul 6, 1977 51.1°F — Jul 1, 2016 4.59 in — Jul 9, 1985
August 98.1°F — Aug 15, 2016 45.0°F — Aug 30, 2025 3.40 in — Aug 31, 1981
September 95.0°F — Sep 9, 2015 39.0°F — Sep 16, 2011 5.70 in — Sep 18, 2004
October 91.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 28.9°F — Oct 27, 2024 4.26 in — Oct 16, 1954
November 80.1°F — Nov 3, 2016 15.1°F — Nov 13, 2019 2.10 in — Nov 20, 2003
December 68.0°F — Dec 13, 2015 1.0°F — Dec 25, 2022 3.09 in — Dec 1, 2010

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