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Weather extremes
How extreme does Saint Sampson's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Saint Sampson has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Saint Sampson has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 26°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Saint Sampson (typical high near 68°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 24°F colder than a normal March night in Saint Sampson (typical low near 42°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Saint Sampson usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 2.6 in).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Saint Sampson's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 94°F is about 26°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Guernsey: Airport, a weather station, about 8 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.