All-time weather records — Taunton, MA

Record high
102.0°F
August 2, 1975
Record low
-35.0°F
January 5, 1904
Wettest day
25.65 in
October 23, 1909

Climate change signal in Taunton

0%

of Taunton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

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of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1890s
17
35
1900s
13
59
1910s
10
60
1920s
24
56
1930s
36
40
1940s
42
32
1950s
32
18
1960s
17
23
1970s
43
11
1980s
39
24
1990s
53
5
2000s
40
3

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 1893, the latest in 2007. Period of observation: 1893-2007.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 29, 2007 -35.0°F — Jan 5, 1904 3.48 in — Jan 4, 1919
February 70.0°F — Feb 3, 1930 -22.0°F — Feb 17, 1922 4.00 in — Feb 21, 1898
March 86.0°F — Mar 29, 1945 -11.0°F — Mar 6, 1948 3.84 in — Mar 10, 1893
April 93.9°F — Apr 29, 1990 0.0°F — Apr 8, 2004 3.91 in — Apr 13, 1913
May 96.1°F — May 23, 1992 3.9°F — May 9, 1908 8.01 in — May 15, 2006
June 99.0°F — Jun 26, 1952 24.1°F — Jun 23, 1986 6.35 in — Jun 12, 1931
July 100.0°F — Jul 4, 1949 37.0°F — Jul 1, 1912 5.08 in — Jul 13, 1898
August 102.0°F — Aug 2, 1975 30.0°F — Aug 5, 1995 6.50 in — Aug 26, 1924
September 98.1°F — Sep 2, 1953 0.0°F — Sep 17, 2003 6.50 in — Sep 19, 1936
October 93.0°F — Oct 5, 2002 14.0°F — Oct 28, 1936 25.65 in — Oct 23, 1909
November 80.1°F — Nov 2, 1950 -0.9°F — Nov 24, 1897 4.83 in — Nov 10, 1932
December 75.9°F — Dec 8, 1998 -22.0°F — Dec 30, 1933 3.50 in — Dec 5, 1923

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