All-time weather records — Schenectady, NY

Record high
100.0°F
July 18, 1953
Record low
-27.9°F
January 19, 1971
Wettest day
5.60 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Schenectady

19.7%

of Schenectady's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (72 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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 #
1930s
8
11
1940s
58
65
1950s
48
52
1960s
31
76
1970s
29
88
1980s
35
39
1990s
35
15
2000s
32
8
2010s
52
9
2020s
38
3

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 1938, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1938-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 15, 2025 -27.9°F — Jan 19, 1971 1.78 in — Jan 26, 1986
February 73.9°F — Feb 24, 2017 -22.0°F — Feb 15, 1943 2.00 in — Feb 24, 2016
March 89.1°F — Mar 31, 1998 -20.9°F — Mar 6, 1948 2.02 in — Mar 31, 1997
April 93.0°F — Apr 20, 1941 10.0°F — Apr 1, 1965 2.26 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 93.9°F — May 18, 1962 26.1°F — May 8, 1968 2.17 in — May 29, 1968
June 99.0°F — Jun 26, 1952 35.1°F — Jun 1, 1945 3.47 in — Jun 1, 1952
July 100.0°F — Jul 18, 1953 39.9°F — Jul 2, 1978 3.49 in — Jul 13, 1996
August 99.0°F — Aug 4, 2022 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 4.69 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 24.1°F — Sep 27, 1947 5.60 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 91.0°F — Oct 5, 1941 16.0°F — Oct 24, 1969 3.04 in — Oct 1, 2010
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 -11.0°F — Nov 26, 1938 2.21 in — Nov 10, 1990
December 72.0°F — Dec 24, 2015 -22.0°F — Dec 25, 1969 3.16 in — Dec 11, 1952

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