All-time weather records — Scotts Valley, CA

Record high
120.9°F
September 6, 2020
Record low
1.0°F
January 16, 1984
Wettest day
11.47 in
January 4, 1982

Climate change signal in Scotts Valley

42.1%

of Scotts Valley's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (154 of 366 records since 2015).

21.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (80 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 #
1970s
39
72
1980s
34
53
1990s
37
51
2000s
41
64
2010s
148
114
2020s
67
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 1973, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1972-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 87.1°F — Jan 17, 2014 1.0°F — Jan 16, 1984 11.47 in — Jan 4, 1982
February 91.0°F — Feb 9, 2018 19.9°F — Feb 7, 1989 5.40 in — Feb 17, 1980
March 99.0°F — Mar 19, 2026 25.0°F — Mar 16, 2016 5.99 in — Mar 10, 2023
April 100.0°F — Apr 7, 2022 25.0°F — Apr 16, 2015 3.79 in — Apr 11, 2006
May 106.0°F — May 24, 2022 30.0°F — May 5, 2015 3.05 in — May 16, 1996
June 113.0°F — Jun 17, 2021 25.0°F — Jun 21, 2015 2.29 in — Jun 4, 2011
July 111.9°F — Jul 7, 2017 39.9°F — Jul 4, 1999 0.85 in — Jul 8, 1974
August 113.0°F — Aug 15, 2020 30.9°F — Aug 26, 2014 0.77 in — Aug 15, 1976
September 120.9°F — Sep 6, 2020 28.0°F — Sep 10, 2014 1.97 in — Sep 19, 1977
October 111.9°F — Oct 2, 2012 27.0°F — Oct 21, 2015 8.61 in — Oct 13, 2009
November 96.1°F — Nov 1, 2020 25.0°F — Nov 19, 1985 5.80 in — Nov 18, 1982
December 84.9°F — Dec 1, 2021 15.1°F — Dec 22, 1990 9.01 in — Dec 13, 2021

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