All-time weather records — Palmetto, FL

Record high
100.9°F
August 9, 2023
Record low
19.9°F
December 26, 1983
Wettest day
11.65 in
August 26, 2017

Climate change signal in Palmetto

30.3%

of Palmetto's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (111 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1960s
17
51
1970s
30
130
1980s
59
99
1990s
112
46
2000s
18
20
2010s
58
15
2020s
72
5

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 1967, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1965-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 91.0°F — Jan 26, 1990 23.0°F — Jan 13, 1981 6.10 in — Jan 24, 1998
February 88.0°F — Feb 23, 2023 24.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 5.23 in — Feb 27, 2005
March 91.0°F — Mar 27, 2020 30.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 8.45 in — Mar 30, 2001
April 93.9°F — Apr 16, 1994 37.9°F — Apr 8, 1971 3.65 in — Apr 24, 2020
May 100.0°F — May 30, 2024 46.0°F — May 5, 1971 6.74 in — May 4, 2016
June 100.0°F — Jun 18, 1998 52.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 7.67 in — Jun 26, 1992
July 100.0°F — Jul 3, 1998 54.0°F — Jul 5, 1984 6.00 in — Jul 22, 2001
August 100.9°F — Aug 9, 2023 55.0°F — Aug 31, 1985 11.65 in — Aug 26, 2017
September 97.0°F — Sep 5, 1970 54.0°F — Sep 1, 1985 7.09 in — Sep 28, 2022
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 2024 44.1°F — Oct 18, 1977 5.80 in — Oct 11, 1990
November 91.0°F — Nov 3, 2015 28.9°F — Nov 25, 1970 5.80 in — Nov 11, 2020
December 89.1°F — Dec 31, 1973 19.9°F — Dec 26, 1983 4.30 in — Dec 20, 2018

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