All-time weather records — Oil City, PA

Record high
106.0°F
July 10, 1936
Record low
-29.9°F
January 5, 1904
Wettest day
5.30 in
August 14, 1994

Climate change signal in Oil City

5.2%

of Oil City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (19 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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
10
13
1900s
31
82
1910s
41
37
1920s
28
52
1930s
102
45
1940s
19
14
1950s
17
25
1960s
17
40
1970s
15
18
1980s
20
15
1990s
19
13
2000s
18
5
2010s
16
7
2020s
13
·

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 21, 1906 -29.9°F — Jan 5, 1904 2.12 in — Jan 25, 1937
February 73.9°F — Feb 25, 2017 -27.0°F — Feb 27, 1963 1.80 in — Feb 7, 1904
March 82.0°F — Mar 23, 2012 -22.0°F — Mar 1, 1934 2.22 in — Mar 25, 1913
April 93.0°F — Apr 18, 1914 0.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.80 in — Apr 28, 1909
May 97.0°F — May 29, 1911 19.9°F — May 10, 1966 3.00 in — May 18, 1928
June 100.9°F — Jun 29, 1934 5.0°F — Jun 17, 1987 4.50 in — Jun 9, 1981
July 106.0°F — Jul 10, 1936 28.0°F — Jul 9, 1900 4.92 in — Jul 19, 1996
August 104.0°F — Aug 6, 1918 21.0°F — Aug 17, 1907 5.30 in — Aug 14, 1994
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 23.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 4.03 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 95.0°F — Oct 11, 1901 15.1°F — Oct 29, 1965 4.00 in — Oct 16, 1954
November 81.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 0.0°F — Nov 28, 1904 2.69 in — Nov 12, 2022
December 73.9°F — Dec 4, 1982 -14.1°F — Dec 27, 1950 4.00 in — Dec 16, 2005

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