All-time weather records — Pittsville, MD

Record high
102.9°F
July 23, 2011
Record low
-8.0°F
January 18, 1957
Wettest day
8.01 in
September 1, 2002

Climate change signal in Pittsville

16.4%

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

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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
12
5
1950s
42
60
1960s
38
57
1970s
38
52
1980s
42
43
1990s
67
23
2000s
35
109
2010s
55
15
2020s
37
2

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -8.0°F — Jan 18, 1957 4.48 in — Jan 28, 1998
February 79.0°F — Feb 23, 2023 -3.8°F — Feb 21, 2015 2.40 in — Feb 3, 1996
March 88.0°F — Mar 14, 1990 1.0°F — Mar 3, 2009 3.47 in — Mar 6, 1979
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1985 19.9°F — Apr 9, 2007 2.42 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 96.1°F — May 19, 1962 28.0°F — May 5, 2003 4.01 in — May 18, 2018
June 100.9°F — Jun 29, 2012 37.0°F — Jun 2, 1966 3.77 in — Jun 4, 1979
July 102.9°F — Jul 23, 2011 42.1°F — Jul 12, 2002 5.63 in — Jul 8, 2005
August 100.0°F — Aug 21, 1962 45.0°F — Aug 24, 1952 6.56 in — Aug 12, 2017
September 99.0°F — Sep 1, 1995 34.0°F — Sep 21, 1956 8.01 in — Sep 1, 2002
October 96.1°F — Oct 2, 2019 23.0°F — Oct 29, 2001 6.56 in — Oct 11, 2018
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 12.9°F — Nov 24, 1989 2.84 in — Nov 11, 1979
December 77.0°F — Dec 6, 1998 -6.0°F — Dec 16, 1958 4.04 in — Dec 18, 2023

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