All-time weather records — Pittsfield, MA

Record high
156.9°F
February 2, 1945
Record low
-26.0°F
February 15, 1943
Wettest day
10.00 in
January 31, 1941

Climate change signal in Pittsfield

16.4%

of Pittsfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (60 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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 #
1920s
16
28
1930s
111
62
1940s
52
58
1950s
30
58
1960s
35
100
1970s
·
4
1990s
3
·
2000s
30
28
2010s
57
22
2020s
32
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 1925, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1925-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 150.1°F — Jan 30, 1942 -22.0°F — Jan 15, 1957 10.00 in — Jan 31, 1941
February 156.9°F — Feb 2, 1945 -26.0°F — Feb 15, 1943 3.10 in — Feb 6, 1942
March 81.0°F — Mar 28, 1945 -9.9°F — Mar 7, 2003 2.26 in — Mar 23, 2024
April 91.0°F — Apr 21, 1941 10.0°F — Apr 1, 1964 2.58 in — Apr 24, 1968
May 93.9°F — May 8, 1930 24.1°F — May 3, 1966 2.38 in — May 19, 1999
June 100.0°F — Jun 30, 1933 30.9°F — Jun 1, 2001 4.00 in — Jun 25, 2014
July 100.9°F — Jul 23, 1926 39.9°F — Jul 2, 1962 4.00 in — Jul 9, 1931
August 100.0°F — Aug 2, 1933 19.9°F — Aug 11, 1937 3.26 in — Aug 3, 1943
September 95.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 23.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 3.92 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 84.9°F — Oct 2, 1927 14.0°F — Oct 28, 1936 7.23 in — Oct 8, 2005
November 78.1°F — Nov 2, 1927 -0.9°F — Nov 26, 1938 4.86 in — Nov 4, 1927
December 66.9°F — Dec 1, 1927 -23.1°F — Dec 29, 1933 4.25 in — Dec 30, 1948

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