All-time weather records — Waitsburg, WA

Record high
114.1°F
August 5, 1961
Record low
-25.1°F
December 30, 1968
Wettest day
2.18 in
November 1, 1994

Climate change signal in Waitsburg

6.8%

of Waitsburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
3
16
1900s
31
22
1910s
36
24
1920s
20
21
1930s
31
30
1940s
24
6
1950s
32
40
1960s
39
13
1970s
35
13
1980s
31
11
1990s
29
7
2000s
20
151
2010s
23
10
2020s
12
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 1897, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 1, 1918 -22.0°F — Jan 18, 1930 1.46 in — Jan 10, 1989
February 73.9°F — Feb 21, 1995 -22.0°F — Feb 1, 1950 1.70 in — Feb 8, 1899
March 84.0°F — Mar 21, 1901 1.9°F — Mar 15, 1906 2.08 in — Mar 31, 1931
April 93.0°F — Apr 25, 1946 12.0°F — Apr 1, 2008 1.30 in — Apr 28, 1990
May 100.9°F — May 29, 1983 18.0°F — May 4, 2007 2.12 in — May 29, 1906
June 111.0°F — Jun 30, 2021 21.9°F — Jun 7, 2008 1.62 in — Jun 26, 1916
July 109.0°F — Jul 10, 1975 30.0°F — Jul 1, 2007 1.42 in — Jul 27, 1941
August 114.1°F — Aug 5, 1961 28.0°F — Aug 29, 2007 1.82 in — Aug 12, 1922
September 105.1°F — Sep 11, 1953 16.0°F — Sep 14, 2008 1.40 in — Sep 16, 1893
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 1943 7.0°F — Oct 31, 1935 1.48 in — Oct 9, 1955
November 80.1°F — Nov 2, 1965 -9.9°F — Nov 15, 1955 2.18 in — Nov 1, 1994
December 69.1°F — Dec 5, 1939 -25.1°F — Dec 30, 1968 2.06 in — Dec 19, 1917

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