All-time weather records — Niagara Falls, NY

Record high
97.0°F
July 13, 2005
Record low
-15.0°F
January 6, 1996
Wettest day
4.03 in
July 20, 2013

Climate change signal in Niagara Falls

20.2%

of Niagara Falls's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (74 of 366 records since 2015).

10.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (39 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 #
1980s
4
20
1990s
124
148
2000s
108
119
2010s
130
79
2020s
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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 1989, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1989-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 13, 2005 -15.0°F — Jan 6, 1996 1.67 in — Jan 17, 2022
February 70.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -13.0°F — Feb 17, 2015 1.22 in — Feb 15, 1990
March 81.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -9.0°F — Mar 12, 1993 1.55 in — Mar 8, 2009
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 1990 14.0°F — Apr 6, 2016 1.85 in — Apr 7, 2017
May 93.0°F — May 31, 2018 28.0°F — May 1, 2008 1.88 in — May 12, 2000
June 95.0°F — Jun 14, 2001 37.9°F — Jun 4, 1998 2.46 in — Jun 26, 2025
July 97.0°F — Jul 13, 2005 44.1°F — Jul 2, 2001 4.03 in — Jul 20, 2013
August 95.0°F — Aug 5, 2012 44.1°F — Aug 21, 2000 2.57 in — Aug 10, 2009
September 93.0°F — Sep 9, 2002 26.1°F — Sep 29, 2000 3.00 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 84.9°F — Oct 5, 2007 24.1°F — Oct 14, 1993 1.91 in — Oct 29, 2015
November 72.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 7.0°F — Nov 30, 2013 2.75 in — Nov 2, 1999
December 72.0°F — Dec 15, 2015 -7.1°F — Dec 27, 1993 1.68 in — Dec 1, 2006

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