All-time weather records — Paterson, NJ

Record high
106.0°F
July 22, 1997
Record low
-18.0°F
February 9, 1934
Wettest day
12.79 in
September 17, 1999

Climate change signal in Paterson

0%

of Paterson'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 #
1900s
·
·
1910s
5
34
1920s
38
91
1930s
58
69
1940s
46
50
1950s
47
21
1960s
46
26
1970s
34
15
1980s
21
40
1990s
48
15
2000s
23
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 1915, the latest in 2003. Period of observation: 1903-2004.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 27, 1950 -13.0°F — Jan 28, 1935 3.10 in — Jan 15, 1940
February 75.9°F — Feb 17, 1954 -18.0°F — Feb 9, 1934 2.71 in — Feb 25, 1977
March 88.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 3.0°F — Mar 10, 1984 3.62 in — Mar 23, 1977
April 96.1°F — Apr 18, 2002 10.9°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.98 in — Apr 5, 1984
May 100.9°F — May 20, 1962 28.9°F — May 10, 1947 4.60 in — May 29, 1968
June 102.0°F — Jun 14, 1994 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1938 5.33 in — Jun 30, 1973
July 106.0°F — Jul 22, 1997 39.9°F — Jul 21, 1999 7.60 in — Jul 23, 1945
August 106.0°F — Aug 1, 2002 39.9°F — Aug 25, 1940 9.97 in — Aug 28, 1971
September 105.1°F — Sep 3, 1953 30.9°F — Sep 27, 1947 12.79 in — Sep 17, 1999
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 1927 18.0°F — Oct 28, 1936 7.60 in — Oct 9, 1903
November 84.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 0.0°F — Nov 28, 2000 4.07 in — Nov 8, 1977
December 78.1°F — Dec 1, 1998 -9.9°F — Dec 31, 1917 5.06 in — Dec 13, 1915

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