All-time weather records — Poway, CA

Record high
108.0°F
August 29, 1909
Record low
21.0°F
December 13, 1901
Wettest day
3.42 in
January 21, 1909

Climate change signal in Poway

26.5%

of Poway's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (97 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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
·
·
1900s
129
307
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
·
3
1980s
6
8
1990s
·
·
2000s
·
·
2010s
231
48
2020s
·
·

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 1901, the latest in 2016. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 87.1°F — Jan 15, 2014 23.0°F — Jan 2, 1906 3.42 in — Jan 21, 1909
February 93.9°F — Feb 16, 2016 25.0°F — Feb 14, 1908 2.80 in — Feb 14, 2019
March 93.0°F — Mar 27, 2015 27.0°F — Mar 12, 1908 3.24 in — Mar 20, 1893
April 95.0°F — Apr 8, 2014 30.0°F — Apr 9, 1908 3.03 in — Apr 10, 2020
May 105.1°F — May 31, 1909 33.1°F — May 13, 1908 1.32 in — May 9, 1977
June 107.1°F — Jun 29, 1907 37.9°F — Jun 16, 1907 1.00 in — Jun 16, 2004
July 106.0°F — Jul 1, 1907 44.1°F — Jul 2, 1908 1.01 in — Jul 18, 2015
August 108.0°F — Aug 29, 1909 51.1°F — Aug 2, 1906 1.29 in — Aug 20, 2023
September 107.1°F — Sep 30, 1906 37.9°F — Sep 26, 1907 1.29 in — Sep 25, 1997
October 102.9°F — Oct 1, 1906 28.0°F — Oct 22, 1908 1.50 in — Oct 20, 2004
November 93.0°F — Nov 9, 1904 24.1°F — Nov 30, 1908 2.44 in — Nov 23, 1965
December 84.9°F — Dec 1, 1901 21.0°F — Dec 13, 1901 2.90 in — Dec 5, 1966

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