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Weather extremes

How extreme does Cornwall's weather get?

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

Based on 32 years of daily weather observations (1994–present), from the St-Anicet 1 station 37 km away. Updated through May 2026 — 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 Cornwall has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
98°F May 26, 2010

That is about 31°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Cornwall (typical high near 67°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 98°F May 26, 2010
2 96°F Jul 2, 2018
3 96°F May 27, 2020
❄️ Coldest night
-32°F Jan 22, 2022

About 39°F colder than a normal January night in Cornwall (typical low near 7°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -32°F Jan 22, 2022recent
2 -30°F Jan 21, 2022
3 -29°F Jan 15, 2004
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.96 in Aug 31, 2005

More rain in a single day than Cornwall usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 3.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.96 in Aug 31, 2005
2 3.77 in May 31, 2008
3 3.33 in Jun 11, 2002

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 98°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Cornwall's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 98°F is about 31°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, Cornwall's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 0s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 98°F and as low as −32°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 Cornwall, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →