All-time weather records — New Paltz, NY

Record high
100.9°F
August 9, 2001
Record low
-24.0°F
December 30, 1917
Wettest day
8.21 in
August 28, 2011

Climate change signal in New Paltz

12%

of New Paltz's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 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
3
26
1900s
12
38
1910s
17
49
1920s
30
100
1930s
25
21
1940s
26
20
1950s
17
9
1960s
18
47
1970s
15
12
1980s
24
25
1990s
48
6
2000s
61
7
2010s
52
4
2020s
18
2

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 1896, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 14, 1932 -18.9°F — Jan 15, 1957 2.91 in — Jan 21, 1979
February 73.9°F — Feb 21, 2018 -20.0°F — Feb 9, 1934 4.40 in — Feb 24, 1898
March 84.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 -8.0°F — Mar 5, 1912 6.50 in — Mar 2, 1914
April 91.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 1.0°F — Apr 5, 1965 4.13 in — Apr 4, 1987
May 93.9°F — May 26, 2010 23.0°F — May 12, 1907 4.20 in — May 15, 1937
June 96.1°F — Jun 24, 2025 30.0°F — Jun 5, 1914 3.56 in — Jun 1, 1952
July 100.0°F — Jul 6, 2010 37.0°F — Jul 26, 1920 5.06 in — Jul 13, 1996
August 100.9°F — Aug 9, 2001 39.0°F — Aug 3, 1920 8.21 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 95.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 28.0°F — Sep 27, 1928 4.83 in — Sep 12, 1960
October 84.9°F — Oct 5, 1941 19.0°F — Oct 27, 1936 6.16 in — Oct 8, 2005
November 78.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 3.0°F — Nov 27, 1932 5.00 in — Nov 4, 1927
December 68.0°F — Dec 24, 1900 -24.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 4.03 in — Dec 30, 1948

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