All-time weather records — Sykesville, MD

Record high
100.0°F
July 22, 2011
Record low
-11.9°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.45 in
October 29, 2012

Climate change signal in Sykesville

32%

of Sykesville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (117 of 366 records since 2015).

20.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (75 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 #
1990s
103
165
2000s
87
89
2010s
112
74
2020s
64
38

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 1993, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1993-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 26, 2024 -11.9°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.38 in — Jan 23, 2016
February 78.1°F — Feb 21, 2018 -9.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.09 in — Feb 13, 2014
March 86.0°F — Mar 30, 1998 3.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 2.67 in — Mar 21, 2019
April 91.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 21.9°F — Apr 4, 2013 3.19 in — Apr 30, 2014
May 91.9°F — May 20, 1996 28.0°F — May 8, 1997 3.03 in — May 16, 2014
June 96.1°F — Jun 22, 2024 37.9°F — Jun 2, 1993 5.07 in — Jun 10, 2013
July 100.0°F — Jul 22, 2011 48.9°F — Jul 31, 1997 5.05 in — Jul 30, 2016
August 98.1°F — Aug 16, 1997 46.0°F — Aug 6, 1994 3.90 in — Aug 12, 2010
September 93.9°F — Sep 1, 2010 36.0°F — Sep 30, 1993 4.37 in — Sep 30, 2010
October 90.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 23, 1997 5.45 in — Oct 29, 2012
November 79.0°F — Nov 6, 2024 15.1°F — Nov 25, 2013 2.94 in — Nov 7, 1997
December 75.0°F — Dec 6, 1998 1.9°F — Dec 24, 2022 2.11 in — Dec 15, 2022

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