All-time weather records — Vancouver, WA

Record high
116.1°F
June 28, 2021
Record low
-2.9°F
February 2, 1950
Wettest day
2.69 in
November 19, 1996

Climate change signal in Vancouver

20.8%

of Vancouver's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (76 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1930s
13
2
1940s
46
45
1950s
28
113
1960s
25
83
1970s
41
56
1980s
53
25
1990s
35
11
2000s
38
13
2010s
37
15
2020s
50
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 1938, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1936-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 18, 2005 -2.0°F — Jan 31, 1950 2.49 in — Jan 1, 2009
February 71.1°F — Feb 28, 1988 -2.9°F — Feb 2, 1950 2.19 in — Feb 5, 2017
March 82.0°F — Mar 26, 2025 19.0°F — Mar 3, 1989 1.73 in — Mar 12, 2026
April 90.0°F — Apr 30, 1998 28.9°F — Apr 4, 1955 1.25 in — Apr 21, 1988
May 100.0°F — May 28, 1983 28.9°F — May 1, 1954 1.47 in — May 19, 1968
June 116.1°F — Jun 28, 2021 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 1.70 in — Jun 6, 1958
July 107.1°F — Jul 30, 1965 43.0°F — Jul 2, 1955 1.06 in — Jul 9, 1995
August 108.0°F — Aug 14, 2023 44.1°F — Aug 29, 1951 1.47 in — Aug 25, 1977
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 1988 34.0°F — Sep 17, 1965 2.23 in — Sep 17, 1969
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 1987 26.1°F — Oct 28, 1946 2.44 in — Oct 27, 1994
November 73.0°F — Nov 3, 1975 12.9°F — Nov 15, 1955 2.69 in — Nov 19, 1996
December 66.9°F — Dec 4, 2023 6.1°F — Dec 16, 1964 2.67 in — Dec 7, 2015

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