All-time weather records — Watsonville, CA

Record high
109.9°F
September 3, 2017
Record low
0.0°F
April 23, 1999
Wettest day
5.93 in
February 14, 2000

Climate change signal in Watsonville

15%

of Watsonville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

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 #
1900s
·
22
1910s
65
258
1920s
14
35
1930s
24
15
1940s
20
13
1950s
26
4
1960s
23
2
1970s
25
5
1980s
37
3
1990s
23
6
2000s
30
2
2010s
59
1
2020s
20
·

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 1910, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1908-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 18, 2014 1.9°F — Jan 19, 1920 4.23 in — Jan 24, 2000
February 86.0°F — Feb 17, 2016 23.0°F — Feb 27, 1912 5.93 in — Feb 14, 2000
March 95.0°F — Mar 8, 1914 24.1°F — Mar 7, 1908 3.32 in — Mar 16, 1967
April 100.9°F — Apr 22, 2009 0.0°F — Apr 23, 1999 2.85 in — Apr 28, 1983
May 99.0°F — May 20, 1942 26.1°F — May 2, 1912 2.21 in — May 16, 1996
June 104.0°F — Jun 21, 2008 30.9°F — Jun 21, 1912 1.25 in — Jun 2, 1967
July 102.9°F — Jul 11, 1959 32.0°F — Jul 1, 1912 1.16 in — Jul 9, 1974
August 105.1°F — Aug 25, 2010 30.0°F — Aug 30, 1912 0.75 in — Aug 26, 1935
September 109.9°F — Sep 3, 2017 32.0°F — Sep 27, 1915 5.90 in — Sep 19, 1959
October 106.0°F — Oct 2, 1980 21.9°F — Oct 21, 1912 4.92 in — Oct 14, 2009
November 93.9°F — Nov 6, 2012 21.9°F — Nov 22, 1929 3.59 in — Nov 11, 1983
December 84.0°F — Dec 4, 1958 12.0°F — Dec 22, 1990 4.08 in — Dec 24, 1921

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