All-time weather records — Somerset, MD

Record high
105.1°F
August 17, 1997
Record low
-11.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
5.92 in
June 22, 1972

Climate change signal in Somerset

6.6%

of Somerset's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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
10
3
1950s
42
34
1960s
38
54
1970s
43
42
1980s
47
82
1990s
72
130
2000s
66
6
2010s
41
14
2020s
7
1

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 1948, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 27, 1950 -11.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.50 in — Jan 8, 1999
February 82.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 -0.9°F — Feb 18, 1979 2.92 in — Feb 22, 2003
March 91.0°F — Mar 30, 1998 1.9°F — Mar 5, 1984 5.20 in — Mar 9, 1999
April 95.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 17.1°F — Apr 9, 2000 3.13 in — Apr 14, 1970
May 98.1°F — May 20, 1996 18.0°F — May 12, 1994 3.14 in — May 6, 1989
June 102.9°F — Jun 12, 1997 30.0°F — Jun 23, 1992 5.92 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 102.9°F — Jul 16, 1988 42.1°F — Jul 7, 1996 5.04 in — Jul 25, 1991
August 105.1°F — Aug 17, 1997 37.0°F — Aug 5, 1992 5.36 in — Aug 11, 2001
September 99.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 30.9°F — Sep 21, 1956 5.50 in — Sep 14, 1966
October 95.0°F — Oct 10, 2007 16.0°F — Oct 22, 1992 5.80 in — Oct 8, 2005
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1971 8.1°F — Nov 15, 1992 4.45 in — Nov 28, 1993
December 82.0°F — Dec 6, 1998 -2.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.31 in — Dec 24, 1994

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