All-time weather records — Union City, NJ

Record high
106.0°F
July 9, 1936
Record low
-15.0°F
February 9, 1934
Wettest day
8.28 in
September 23, 1882

Climate change signal in Union City

7.7%

of Union City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1860s
·
5
1870s
5
67
1880s
12
63
1890s
21
28
1900s
6
10
1910s
19
36
1920s
24
37
1930s
30
20
1940s
41
19
1950s
32
10
1960s
24
25
1970s
28
16
1980s
22
13
1990s
38
7
2000s
27
1
2010s
22
7
2020s
15
2

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 1874, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1869-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 6, 2007 -6.0°F — Jan 24, 1882 3.45 in — Jan 21, 1979
February 78.1°F — Feb 21, 2018 -15.0°F — Feb 9, 1934 3.07 in — Feb 20, 1898
March 86.0°F — Mar 29, 1945 3.0°F — Mar 5, 1872 4.25 in — Mar 25, 1876
April 96.1°F — Apr 17, 2002 12.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 7.57 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 99.0°F — May 19, 1962 32.0°F — May 6, 1891 3.99 in — May 29, 1968
June 100.9°F — Jun 27, 1966 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1945 4.29 in — Jun 26, 1884
July 106.0°F — Jul 9, 1936 52.0°F — Jul 1, 1943 3.75 in — Jul 24, 1997
August 104.0°F — Aug 7, 1918 50.0°F — Aug 27, 1885 5.81 in — Aug 14, 2011
September 102.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 39.0°F — Sep 30, 1912 8.28 in — Sep 23, 1882
October 93.9°F — Oct 5, 1941 28.0°F — Oct 27, 1936 7.33 in — Oct 9, 1903
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 5.0°F — Nov 30, 1875 7.40 in — Nov 8, 1977
December 75.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -13.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 3.03 in — Dec 13, 1909

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