All-time weather records — Smithsburg, MD

Record high
102.0°F
July 5, 2002
Record low
-4.0°F
February 1, 2010
Wettest day
5.35 in
April 24, 2011

Climate change signal in Smithsburg

21.9%

of Smithsburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (80 of 366 records since 2015).

25.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (93 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 #
2000s
218
208
2010s
148
158

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 2001, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 2001-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -2.9°F — Jan 18, 2003 1.80 in — Jan 31, 2013
February 82.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 -4.0°F — Feb 1, 2010 2.05 in — Feb 16, 2003
March 80.1°F — Mar 14, 2006 0.0°F — Mar 8, 2007 2.40 in — Mar 22, 2019
April 95.0°F — Apr 18, 2002 17.1°F — Apr 7, 2002 5.35 in — Apr 24, 2011
May 99.0°F — May 31, 2006 28.9°F — May 3, 2005 2.90 in — May 12, 2008
June 100.0°F — Jun 19, 2004 39.0°F — Jun 1, 2009 2.21 in — Jun 14, 2004
July 102.0°F — Jul 5, 2002 30.0°F — Jul 11, 2007 3.77 in — Jul 22, 2018
August 102.0°F — Aug 17, 2002 48.0°F — Aug 23, 2011 3.25 in — Aug 21, 2015
September 98.1°F — Sep 11, 2002 36.0°F — Sep 4, 2007 3.63 in — Sep 3, 2003
October 89.1°F — Oct 10, 2007 19.9°F — Oct 31, 2011 5.20 in — Oct 29, 2012
November 75.0°F — Nov 6, 2015 15.1°F — Nov 11, 2017 2.50 in — Nov 23, 2011
December 78.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 0.0°F — Dec 7, 2002 2.10 in — Dec 12, 2008

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