All-time weather records — Newport, DE

Record high
102.9°F
July 6, 2010
Record low
-14.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.29 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Newport

15.8%

of Newport's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (58 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1930s
16
32
1940s
18
15
1950s
58
56
1960s
30
76
1970s
34
60
1980s
35
64
1990s
51
20
2000s
42
17
2010s
50
24
2020s
32
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 1931, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1931-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 26, 1950 -14.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.54 in — Jan 25, 2020
February 78.1°F — Feb 21, 2018 -11.9°F — Feb 9, 1934 2.28 in — Feb 13, 1966
March 86.0°F — Mar 21, 1948 1.9°F — Mar 10, 1984 3.21 in — Mar 21, 2000
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1985 18.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 4.36 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 96.1°F — May 20, 1996 30.0°F — May 1, 1978 2.72 in — May 29, 1990
June 100.9°F — Jun 24, 2025 41.0°F — Jun 8, 1932 4.15 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 102.9°F — Jul 6, 2010 48.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 6.63 in — Jul 5, 1989
August 100.9°F — Aug 2, 1955 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 5.38 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 36.0°F — Sep 24, 1974 8.29 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 24, 1969 3.79 in — Oct 29, 2012
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 14.0°F — Nov 16, 1933 2.75 in — Nov 25, 1950
December 75.0°F — Dec 4, 1998 -7.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.28 in — Dec 9, 2009

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