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Weather extremes

How extreme does Chatham's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Chatham has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 21 years of daily weather observations (2003–2024), from the Ridgetown Rcs station 25 km away. Updated through April 2024 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Chatham has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
96°F Jul 21, 2011

That is about 15°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Chatham (typical high near 81°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 96°F Jul 21, 2011
2 95°F Jun 25, 2005
3 95°F Jul 4, 2012
❄️ Coldest night
-25°F Feb 20, 2015

About 41°F colder than a normal February night in Chatham (typical low near 16°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -25°F Feb 20, 2015
2 -22°F Feb 23, 2015
3 -21°F Feb 16, 2015
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.97 in Jul 28, 2019

About 88% of a typical July's rain in a single day (Chatham averages roughly 3.4 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.97 in Jul 28, 2019
2 2.79 in Jul 2, 2023
3 2.73 in Sep 22, 2021

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 96°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Chatham's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 96°F is about 15°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Chatham's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 96°F and as low as −25°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at New Glasgow, a weather station, about 46 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →