All-time weather records — Takoma Park, MD

Record high
106.0°F
July 30, 2011
Record low
-9.9°F
January 17, 1982
Wettest day
7.37 in
June 26, 2006

Climate change signal in Takoma Park

10.9%

of Takoma Park's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (40 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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
12
7
1950s
83
52
1960s
33
80
1970s
42
64
1980s
35
105
1990s
59
28
2000s
37
6
2010s
48
16
2020s
17
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 1948, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 26, 1950 -9.9°F — Jan 17, 1982 2.43 in — Jan 1, 1976
February 82.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -0.9°F — Feb 2, 1961 2.43 in — Feb 23, 2003
March 90.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 7.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 2.61 in — Mar 29, 1984
April 93.9°F — Apr 19, 1976 18.0°F — Apr 8, 1982 2.88 in — Apr 14, 1970
May 104.0°F — May 1, 1988 25.0°F — May 5, 1966 3.65 in — May 12, 2008
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1984 7.37 in — Jun 26, 2006
July 106.0°F — Jul 30, 2011 46.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 4.80 in — Jul 29, 2017
August 104.0°F — Aug 1, 1999 42.1°F — Aug 29, 1982 5.88 in — Aug 13, 1955
September 102.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 34.0°F — Sep 28, 1989 6.18 in — Sep 6, 1979
October 93.9°F — Oct 3, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 31, 1966 5.30 in — Oct 14, 1955
November 98.1°F — Nov 18, 1983 10.0°F — Nov 22, 1987 2.91 in — Nov 9, 1996
December 81.0°F — Dec 8, 1998 0.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.84 in — Dec 2, 1974

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