All-time weather records — Tonawanda, NY

Record high
100.0°F
July 10, 2020
Record low
-15.0°F
February 14, 2016
Wettest day
3.77 in
September 9, 2004

Climate change signal in Tonawanda

36.1%

of Tonawanda's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (132 of 366 records since 2015).

15.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (57 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 #
1980s
44
142
1990s
80
91
2000s
67
51
2010s
91
56
2020s
84
26

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 1982, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1982-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 13, 2005 -11.9°F — Jan 6, 1996 1.81 in — Jan 31, 2002
February 73.9°F — Feb 26, 2000 -15.0°F — Feb 14, 2016 1.62 in — Feb 16, 1990
March 82.0°F — Mar 21, 2012 -8.0°F — Mar 8, 1984 1.54 in — Mar 4, 1991
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 1990 15.1°F — Apr 5, 2016 1.98 in — Apr 2, 2005
May 93.9°F — May 27, 2020 25.0°F — May 8, 2020 2.49 in — May 31, 2015
June 95.0°F — Jun 26, 2007 35.1°F — Jun 9, 1983 2.46 in — Jun 23, 1987
July 100.0°F — Jul 10, 2020 41.0°F — Jul 5, 1982 3.18 in — Jul 28, 2006
August 97.0°F — Aug 4, 2012 36.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 2.73 in — Aug 31, 2005
September 95.0°F — Sep 9, 2002 27.0°F — Sep 30, 1991 3.77 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 87.1°F — Oct 5, 2023 21.0°F — Oct 16, 2025 2.18 in — Oct 9, 2017
November 80.1°F — Nov 6, 2022 10.0°F — Nov 30, 2013 2.49 in — Nov 2, 1999
December 72.0°F — Dec 4, 1982 -9.0°F — Dec 27, 1993 1.69 in — Dec 30, 1990

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