All-time weather records — Rensselaer Falls, NY

Record high
99.0°F
August 15, 1944
Record low
-43.1°F
February 17, 1896
Wettest day
4.49 in
June 18, 1940

Climate change signal in Rensselaer Falls

9.8%

of Rensselaer Falls's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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
38
40
1900s
11
9
1920s
16
19
1930s
25
18
1940s
56
26
1950s
36
22
1960s
16
66
1970s
33
61
1980s
23
51
1990s
20
29
2000s
39
7
2010s
30
17
2020s
23
1

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 2024. Period of observation: 1893-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 16, 1995 -41.1°F — Jan 28, 1925 3.00 in — Jan 29, 2017
February 69.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -43.1°F — Feb 17, 1896 3.15 in — Feb 14, 1971
March 91.9°F — Mar 11, 1982 -29.9°F — Mar 4, 1938 2.72 in — Mar 14, 1993
April 89.1°F — Apr 29, 1990 -8.0°F — Apr 7, 1972 1.69 in — Apr 2, 1973
May 93.0°F — May 7, 1895 21.0°F — May 2, 1974 2.97 in — May 5, 1893
June 95.0°F — Jun 27, 1941 28.9°F — Jun 3, 1986 4.49 in — Jun 18, 1940
July 98.1°F — Jul 1, 1931 34.0°F — Jul 11, 1898 4.10 in — Jul 12, 1987
August 99.0°F — Aug 15, 1944 8.1°F — Aug 29, 1960 3.82 in — Aug 10, 1959
September 93.0°F — Sep 3, 1953 21.9°F — Sep 26, 1978 3.82 in — Sep 12, 2013
October 91.0°F — Oct 3, 1938 5.0°F — Oct 25, 1927 3.61 in — Oct 1, 2010
November 77.0°F — Nov 8, 1975 -15.0°F — Nov 15, 1900 2.68 in — Nov 9, 1996
December 70.0°F — Dec 5, 1941 -36.9°F — Dec 20, 1942 2.41 in — Dec 30, 1942

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