All-time weather records — West Hampton Dunes, NY

Record high
118.0°F
December 5, 1998
Record low
-14.8°F
January 17, 2009
Wettest day
6.09 in
October 14, 2005

Climate change signal in West Hampton Dunes

33.3%

of West Hampton Dunes's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (122 of 366 records since 2015).

23.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (85 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 #
1950s
42
7
1960s
48
75
1990s
16
14
2000s
83
140
2010s
112
98
2020s
65
32

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 1951, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1951-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 30, 2019 -14.8°F — Jan 17, 2009 2.38 in — Jan 3, 1999
February 88.0°F — Feb 4, 2019 -11.7°F — Feb 21, 2015 2.37 in — Feb 16, 1958
March 75.9°F — Mar 18, 2011 -8.9°F — Mar 7, 2015 3.83 in — Mar 30, 2010
April 99.0°F — Apr 30, 2019 10.2°F — Apr 30, 2019 3.73 in — Apr 13, 2004
May 93.0°F — May 31, 2022 15.3°F — May 20, 2025 3.39 in — May 26, 2003
June 100.0°F — Jun 24, 2025 33.1°F — Jun 1, 1967 3.46 in — Jun 7, 2013
July 100.0°F — Jul 5, 1999 29.1°F — Jul 21, 2020 3.64 in — Jul 21, 1956
August 99.0°F — Aug 3, 2006 -0.8°F — Aug 12, 2009 5.01 in — Aug 28, 1962
September 93.9°F — Sep 1, 2010 -0.8°F — Sep 25, 2010 4.00 in — Sep 11, 1954
October 88.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 14.2°F — Oct 29, 2018 6.09 in — Oct 14, 2005
November 80.1°F — Nov 7, 2022 6.3°F — Nov 23, 2018 3.88 in — Nov 4, 1955
December 118.0°F — Dec 5, 1998 -6.9°F — Dec 23, 2009 3.70 in — Dec 14, 1953

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in West Hampton Dunes.