All-time weather records — Philadelphia, MS

Record high
106.0°F
August 30, 2000
Record low
-56.9°F
October 4, 1957
Wettest day
8.31 in
August 30, 2005

Climate change signal in Philadelphia

8.2%

of Philadelphia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (30 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1940s
2
2
1950s
100
86
1960s
32
103
1970s
33
47
1980s
32
54
1990s
33
31
2000s
83
25
2010s
42
12
2020s
9
6

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 1949, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1949-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 1, 2022 -2.9°F — Jan 12, 1962 6.25 in — Jan 6, 1950
February 86.0°F — Feb 27, 1951 0.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 6.44 in — Feb 6, 2004
March 89.1°F — Mar 24, 1995 14.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.47 in — Mar 5, 1983
April 93.9°F — Apr 19, 2006 27.0°F — Apr 4, 1987 7.05 in — Apr 25, 2003
May 100.0°F — May 31, 1951 37.0°F — May 2, 1963 5.10 in — May 22, 1967
June 102.9°F — Jun 15, 1963 42.1°F — Jun 3, 1956 4.20 in — Jun 26, 1961
July 102.9°F — Jul 2, 1954 21.9°F — Jul 12, 1988 6.12 in — Jul 14, 2019
August 106.0°F — Aug 30, 2000 46.0°F — Aug 22, 1956 8.31 in — Aug 30, 2005
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 2000 35.1°F — Sep 29, 1967 6.60 in — Sep 5, 2011
October 98.1°F — Oct 6, 1954 -56.9°F — Oct 4, 1957 5.15 in — Oct 17, 2006
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1984 -24.0°F — Nov 19, 1949 4.52 in — Nov 20, 1988
December 84.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 0.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.62 in — Dec 23, 1990

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