All-time weather records — Newton, NJ

Record high
105.1°F
July 31, 1933
Record low
-26.0°F
January 21, 1994
Wettest day
6.70 in
August 19, 1955

Climate change signal in Newton

0%

of Newton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1890s
23
20
1900s
35
36
1910s
15
15
1920s
28
15
1930s
58
17
1940s
35
35
1950s
43
38
1960s
28
66
1970s
25
47
1980s
20
59
1990s
34
17
2000s
22
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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 1893, the latest in 2004. Period of observation: 1893-2005.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 14, 1932 -26.0°F — Jan 21, 1994 2.50 in — Jan 25, 1905
February 75.9°F — Feb 25, 1930 -20.0°F — Feb 9, 1934 2.92 in — Feb 26, 1894
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 1945 -7.1°F — Mar 19, 1967 2.88 in — Mar 2, 1914
April 93.9°F — Apr 18, 2002 7.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.50 in — Apr 25, 1968
May 97.0°F — May 31, 1939 24.1°F — May 9, 1977 2.76 in — May 30, 1984
June 100.9°F — Jun 20, 1893 33.1°F — Jun 5, 1964 3.84 in — Jun 12, 1903
July 105.1°F — Jul 31, 1933 39.9°F — Jul 3, 1957 5.36 in — Jul 24, 1920
August 100.9°F — Aug 7, 1931 34.0°F — Aug 22, 1895 6.70 in — Aug 19, 1955
September 104.0°F — Sep 3, 1953 24.1°F — Sep 24, 1963 5.75 in — Sep 17, 1999
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 1927 16.0°F — Oct 31, 1988 6.10 in — Oct 9, 1903
November 81.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 3.9°F — Nov 28, 1949 3.65 in — Nov 26, 1950
December 72.0°F — Dec 8, 1998 -18.9°F — Dec 30, 1917 2.48 in — Dec 29, 1901

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