All-time weather records — Queenstown, MD

Record high
100.9°F
July 8, 2012
Record low
-9.0°F
February 9, 1934
Wettest day
6.60 in
August 12, 1928

Climate change signal in Queenstown

34.4%

of Queenstown's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (126 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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 #
1920s
23
68
1930s
120
161
1940s
24
29
1950s
41
42
1960s
3
9
2010s
80
45
2020s
75
12

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 1927, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1926-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 15, 1932 -0.9°F — Jan 18, 1957 2.15 in — Jan 3, 1936
February 82.9°F — Feb 25, 1930 -9.0°F — Feb 9, 1934 3.11 in — Feb 12, 2018
March 86.0°F — Mar 25, 1939 8.1°F — Mar 1, 1934 3.60 in — Mar 20, 1958
April 91.9°F — Apr 26, 1960 28.0°F — Apr 11, 1938 3.75 in — Apr 16, 1929
May 96.1°F — May 29, 1941 37.0°F — May 1, 1937 2.72 in — May 1, 2014
June 100.0°F — Jun 24, 2025 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1938 2.67 in — Jun 19, 1955
July 100.9°F — Jul 8, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 31, 1956 4.41 in — Jul 12, 2013
August 99.0°F — Aug 31, 1953 48.0°F — Aug 31, 1934 6.60 in — Aug 12, 1928
September 97.0°F — Sep 12, 1931 39.9°F — Sep 24, 1935 3.95 in — Sep 5, 1935
October 98.1°F — Oct 6, 1941 25.0°F — Oct 28, 1936 5.32 in — Oct 30, 2012
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 1929 12.0°F — Nov 30, 1929 3.14 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 71.1°F — Dec 7, 1956 7.0°F — Dec 26, 1935 2.81 in — Dec 18, 2023

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