All-time weather records — Plainfield, NJ

Record high
106.0°F
July 10, 1936
Record low
-29.9°F
February 15, 1916
Wettest day
9.77 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Plainfield

0%

of Plainfield'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 #
1890s
22
39
1900s
14
44
1910s
16
30
1920s
24
87
1930s
33
36
1940s
51
30
1950s
30
24
1960s
26
26
1970s
30
16
1980s
29
22
1990s
40
9
2000s
43
3
2010s
8
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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 1893, the latest in 2012. Period of observation: 1888-2012.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 6, 2007 -13.0°F — Jan 5, 1904 3.71 in — Jan 12, 2011
February 75.9°F — Feb 15, 1949 -29.9°F — Feb 15, 1916 3.47 in — Feb 6, 1896
March 91.0°F — Mar 30, 1998 1.0°F — Mar 19, 1967 3.82 in — Mar 14, 2010
April 97.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 10.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.62 in — Apr 14, 1909
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1999 28.0°F — May 11, 1923 5.75 in — May 29, 1968
June 100.9°F — Jun 26, 1949 37.0°F — Jun 1, 1938 3.93 in — Jun 12, 1903
July 106.0°F — Jul 10, 1936 44.1°F — Jul 3, 1929 5.95 in — Jul 23, 1938
August 106.0°F — Aug 11, 1949 39.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 9.07 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 1953 30.0°F — Sep 26, 1922 9.77 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 93.9°F — Oct 5, 1941 21.9°F — Oct 21, 1922 5.65 in — Oct 19, 1996
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 9.0°F — Nov 24, 1989 4.20 in — Nov 9, 1972
December 95.0°F — Dec 18, 1935 -14.1°F — Dec 30, 1917 2.98 in — Dec 13, 1909

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