All-time weather records — Port Townsend, WA

Record high
96.1°F
August 8, 1960
Record low
5.0°F
January 25, 1950
Wettest day
3.00 in
February 2, 1916

Climate change signal in Port Townsend

0%

of Port Townsend'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
15
63
1900s
26
28
1910s
26
34
1920s
14
26
1930s
35
20
1940s
37
54
1950s
44
72
1960s
45
14
1970s
23
27
1980s
44
14
1990s
12
7
2000s
45
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 1892, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1891-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 29, 1976 5.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 1.64 in — Jan 9, 2009
February 64.9°F — Feb 22, 1966 7.0°F — Feb 1, 1950 3.00 in — Feb 2, 1916
March 73.9°F — Mar 29, 2004 19.0°F — Mar 10, 1951 1.64 in — Mar 9, 2009
April 75.9°F — Apr 19, 1956 27.0°F — Apr 20, 1951 1.50 in — Apr 28, 1972
May 89.1°F — May 26, 2005 23.0°F — May 14, 1938 1.87 in — May 15, 1983
June 93.0°F — Jun 9, 1955 33.1°F — Jun 1, 1894 2.80 in — Jun 14, 1946
July 93.9°F — Jul 16, 1941 23.0°F — Jul 30, 1940 1.50 in — Jul 9, 1974
August 96.1°F — Aug 8, 1960 5.0°F — Aug 23, 1923 1.38 in — Aug 19, 1975
September 89.1°F — Sep 7, 2005 30.0°F — Sep 5, 1926 1.98 in — Sep 1, 1983
October 89.1°F — Oct 17, 2007 21.9°F — Oct 29, 1971 1.00 in — Oct 31, 1942
November 68.0°F — Nov 26, 1949 12.0°F — Nov 12, 1955 1.30 in — Nov 4, 1978
December 66.9°F — Dec 2, 1947 5.0°F — Dec 16, 1964 1.69 in — Dec 25, 1967

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