All-time weather records — Royal City, WA

Record high
115.0°F
August 4, 1961
Record low
-27.9°F
January 26, 1957
Wettest day
3.12 in
January 28, 2008

Climate change signal in Royal City

0%

of Royal City'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 #
1950s
85
83
1960s
47
45
1970s
69
50
1980s
68
76
1990s
51
56
2000s
46
56

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 1951, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1951-2008.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 31, 1971 -27.9°F — Jan 26, 1957 3.12 in — Jan 28, 2008
February 71.1°F — Feb 1, 1971 -24.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 0.85 in — Feb 12, 1958
March 82.0°F — Mar 25, 1960 3.0°F — Mar 1, 1993 0.85 in — Mar 24, 1991
April 96.1°F — Apr 25, 1977 21.0°F — Apr 1, 2008 0.80 in — Apr 8, 1994
May 105.1°F — May 31, 1986 24.1°F — May 1, 1954 1.33 in — May 21, 1972
June 109.0°F — Jun 17, 1961 34.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 1.30 in — Jun 10, 2006
July 113.0°F — Jul 27, 1998 41.0°F — Jul 7, 1977 0.63 in — Jul 18, 1987
August 115.0°F — Aug 4, 1961 39.0°F — Aug 29, 1980 0.84 in — Aug 30, 1977
September 102.9°F — Sep 2, 1998 26.1°F — Sep 23, 2000 0.76 in — Sep 14, 1980
October 89.1°F — Oct 3, 1958 9.0°F — Oct 31, 2002 1.08 in — Oct 29, 1982
November 75.0°F — Nov 5, 1975 -18.9°F — Nov 23, 1985 1.05 in — Nov 19, 1996
December 70.0°F — Dec 27, 1980 -22.0°F — Dec 22, 1990 0.99 in — Dec 11, 1995

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