All-time weather records — Slaughter Beach, DE

Record high
102.0°F
June 21, 1997
Record low
-11.0°F
January 17, 1982
Wettest day
6.98 in
August 14, 1953

Climate change signal in Slaughter Beach

3%

of Slaughter Beach's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (11 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1940s
35
59
1950s
64
102
1960s
35
86
1970s
42
67
1980s
51
33
1990s
74
12
2000s
53
2
2010s
1
1
2020s
11
4

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 1945, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 25, 1950 -11.0°F — Jan 17, 1982 3.41 in — Jan 28, 1998
February 86.0°F — Feb 27, 1997 0.0°F — Feb 2, 1971 2.11 in — Feb 15, 1953
March 89.1°F — Mar 30, 1998 9.0°F — Mar 3, 1950 3.42 in — Mar 6, 1979
April 91.9°F — Apr 19, 1985 18.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.77 in — Apr 13, 2004
May 97.0°F — May 19, 1997 27.0°F — May 9, 1947 4.04 in — May 30, 1948
June 102.0°F — Jun 21, 1997 39.0°F — Jun 5, 1947 5.00 in — Jun 25, 2006
July 100.9°F — Jul 6, 1999 46.9°F — Jul 2, 1952 5.18 in — Jul 10, 2020
August 100.9°F — Aug 16, 1997 46.9°F — Aug 30, 1986 6.98 in — Aug 14, 1953
September 98.1°F — Sep 11, 1983 36.0°F — Sep 17, 2007 5.10 in — Sep 1, 2002
October 91.9°F — Oct 4, 1954 26.1°F — Oct 30, 1965 3.46 in — Oct 31, 1956
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 16.0°F — Nov 29, 1955 3.83 in — Nov 25, 1950
December 77.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 0.0°F — Dec 16, 1958 3.61 in — Dec 18, 2023

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Slaughter Beach.