All-time weather records — Placerville, CA

Record high
115.0°F
August 13, 1996
Record low
8.1°F
January 20, 1937
Wettest day
6.22 in
February 14, 2000

Climate change signal in Placerville

0%

of Placerville'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
1
22
1910s
31
46
1920s
32
138
1930s
38
81
1940s
15
39
1950s
17
16
1960s
28
8
1970s
8
5
1980s
85
6
1990s
36
5
2000s
68
·
2010s
7
·

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 1904, the latest in 2010. Period of observation: 1900-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 18, 1920 8.1°F — Jan 20, 1937 4.45 in — Jan 21, 1943
February 82.9°F — Feb 17, 1930 14.0°F — Feb 2, 1922 6.22 in — Feb 14, 2000
March 87.1°F — Mar 11, 2005 19.0°F — Mar 3, 1966 4.28 in — Mar 19, 1907
April 91.9°F — Apr 28, 1987 21.0°F — Apr 10, 1927 3.90 in — Apr 29, 1901
May 104.0°F — May 29, 1984 26.1°F — May 21, 1927 2.80 in — May 16, 1996
June 109.0°F — Jun 22, 1961 30.0°F — Jun 12, 1919 1.50 in — Jun 15, 1929
July 114.1°F — Jul 4, 1911 34.0°F — Jul 13, 1924 2.78 in — Jul 9, 1974
August 115.0°F — Aug 13, 1996 30.0°F — Aug 10, 1907 1.17 in — Aug 15, 1976
September 108.0°F — Sep 6, 1988 24.1°F — Sep 14, 1927 2.62 in — Sep 29, 1989
October 100.0°F — Oct 1, 1987 23.0°F — Oct 19, 1949 5.27 in — Oct 25, 2010
November 86.0°F — Nov 4, 2010 17.1°F — Nov 22, 1931 3.85 in — Nov 7, 1922
December 78.1°F — Dec 5, 1929 8.1°F — Dec 9, 1972 4.11 in — Dec 22, 1955

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