All-time weather records — Sonora, CA

Record high
113.0°F
June 22, 1961
Record low
8.1°F
December 9, 1972
Wettest day
5.42 in
December 11, 1906

Climate change signal in Sonora

9.6%

of Sonora's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (35 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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 #
1900s
6
·
1910s
11
28
1920s
10
7
1930s
26
13
1940s
48
19
1950s
50
27
1960s
62
47
1970s
30
56
1980s
36
76
1990s
27
38
2000s
15
30
2010s
20
17
2020s
25
8

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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1903-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 11, 1990 12.9°F — Jan 25, 1949 4.10 in — Jan 13, 1909
February 87.1°F — Feb 23, 2004 15.1°F — Feb 5, 1989 5.03 in — Feb 15, 1982
March 87.1°F — Mar 19, 2026 19.9°F — Mar 3, 1951 4.05 in — Mar 11, 1995
April 91.9°F — Apr 27, 1987 24.1°F — Apr 2, 1963 3.38 in — Apr 4, 2006
May 102.9°F — May 28, 1984 24.1°F — May 7, 1961 3.41 in — May 19, 1957
June 113.0°F — Jun 22, 1961 34.0°F — Jun 5, 1939 1.76 in — Jun 16, 1995
July 113.0°F — Jul 15, 1972 36.0°F — Jul 29, 1986 0.87 in — Jul 10, 1974
August 109.9°F — Aug 14, 1933 37.9°F — Aug 4, 1985 1.30 in — Aug 15, 1976
September 109.9°F — Sep 7, 2022 35.1°F — Sep 12, 1985 4.25 in — Sep 19, 1959
October 100.0°F — Oct 1, 1980 25.0°F — Oct 28, 1971 3.28 in — Oct 25, 2021
November 89.1°F — Nov 3, 1966 21.0°F — Nov 12, 1985 4.90 in — Nov 30, 1919
December 81.0°F — Dec 4, 1958 8.1°F — Dec 9, 1972 5.42 in — Dec 11, 1906

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