All-time weather records — Saranac Lake, NY

Record high
96.1°F
August 4, 1988
Record low
-72.9°F
March 8, 1986
Wettest day
30.00 in
May 21, 1983

Climate change signal in Saranac Lake

0%

of Saranac Lake'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 #
1960s
1
5
1970s
97
126
1980s
119
106
1990s
123
78
2000s
26
51

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 1969, the latest in 2003. Period of observation: 1969-2004.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 16, 1995 -35.0°F — Jan 15, 2004 1.73 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 60.1°F — Feb 13, 1999 -34.1°F — Feb 15, 2003 1.27 in — Feb 14, 1971
March 79.0°F — Mar 16, 1990 -72.9°F — Mar 8, 1986 2.10 in — Mar 5, 1971
April 89.1°F — Apr 29, 1990 -6.0°F — Apr 7, 2003 1.41 in — Apr 18, 1982
May 89.1°F — May 20, 1989 18.0°F — May 1, 1978 30.00 in — May 21, 1983
June 93.0°F — Jun 18, 1994 26.1°F — Jun 3, 1986 3.21 in — Jun 26, 1998
July 93.0°F — Jul 15, 1995 33.1°F — Jul 2, 1992 2.25 in — Jul 1, 1998
August 96.1°F — Aug 4, 1988 28.0°F — Aug 31, 1976 2.55 in — Aug 5, 1989
September 93.0°F — Sep 5, 1999 21.9°F — Sep 29, 1980 3.40 in — Sep 17, 1999
October 79.0°F — Oct 7, 1990 9.0°F — Oct 20, 1972 2.34 in — Oct 18, 1977
November 75.9°F — Nov 22, 1996 -5.1°F — Nov 23, 1972 4.00 in — Nov 9, 1996
December 61.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -31.0°F — Dec 25, 1980 4.00 in — Dec 3, 2003

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