All-time weather records — Newton, AL

Record high
105.1°F
June 23, 2009
Record low
3.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.59 in
November 8, 1989

Climate change signal in Newton

30.6%

of Newton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (112 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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 #
1970s
48
70
1980s
49
76
1990s
60
62
2000s
64
73
2010s
95
63
2020s
50
22

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 1971, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1970-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 1, 2022 3.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.91 in — Jan 1, 2017
February 86.0°F — Feb 23, 2019 12.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 6.66 in — Feb 10, 1981
March 90.0°F — Mar 28, 2020 19.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 6.43 in — Mar 28, 2009
April 93.9°F — Apr 18, 2006 32.0°F — Apr 4, 1987 6.33 in — Apr 10, 1975
May 100.0°F — May 26, 2019 44.1°F — May 5, 2013 5.07 in — May 26, 1973
June 105.1°F — Jun 23, 2009 55.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 3.75 in — Jun 26, 1988
July 105.1°F — Jul 2, 2009 62.1°F — Jul 31, 2014 7.97 in — Jul 6, 1994
August 102.0°F — Aug 1, 2010 59.0°F — Aug 28, 2025 5.24 in — Aug 30, 1996
September 102.0°F — Sep 17, 2019 21.9°F — Sep 13, 1995 5.47 in — Sep 16, 2020
October 100.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 32.0°F — Oct 28, 2001 6.22 in — Oct 10, 2018
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 20.1°F — Nov 19, 2014 9.59 in — Nov 8, 1989
December 84.0°F — Dec 7, 1978 9.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 4.21 in — Dec 10, 2008

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