All-time weather records — Orleans, VT

Record high
98.1°F
July 18, 1953
Record low
-40.0°F
December 30, 1933
Wettest day
4.10 in
August 29, 2011

Climate change signal in Orleans

10.4%

of Orleans's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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
22
43
1940s
62
53
1950s
43
86
1960s
30
49
1970s
53
39
1980s
30
36
1990s
44
24
2000s
31
10
2010s
30
23
2020s
21
3

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 1930, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1930-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 4, 1950 -38.0°F — Jan 14, 1957 2.08 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 68.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 -38.0°F — Feb 7, 1993 2.33 in — Feb 15, 2007
March 82.9°F — Mar 31, 1998 -32.1°F — Mar 4, 1938 2.57 in — Mar 7, 2011
April 87.1°F — Apr 19, 1976 -2.0°F — Apr 1, 1964 2.13 in — Apr 27, 2011
May 93.9°F — May 28, 2020 19.9°F — May 8, 1966 2.00 in — May 17, 2007
June 95.0°F — Jun 15, 2001 28.0°F — Jun 3, 1986 3.78 in — Jun 14, 1942
July 98.1°F — Jul 18, 1953 36.0°F — Jul 2, 1992 3.20 in — Jul 29, 1938
August 95.0°F — Aug 2, 1975 32.0°F — Aug 31, 1965 4.10 in — Aug 29, 2011
September 96.1°F — Sep 4, 1999 23.0°F — Sep 27, 1956 3.60 in — Sep 5, 2012
October 84.0°F — Oct 9, 1970 0.0°F — Oct 26, 1937 3.20 in — Oct 1, 2010
November 75.0°F — Nov 6, 2022 -7.1°F — Nov 26, 1938 3.29 in — Nov 1, 2019
December 66.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -40.0°F — Dec 30, 1933 2.06 in — Dec 17, 2000

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