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Weather extremes

How extreme does Shrewsbury's weather get?

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

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Shawbury station 11 km away. Updated through August 2025 — 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 Shrewsbury has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
96°F Jul 19, 2022

That is about 26°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Shrewsbury (typical high near 70°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 96°F Jul 19, 2022recent
2 96°F Jul 18, 2022
3 93°F Jul 19, 2006
❄️ Coldest night
-2°F Dec 19, 2010

About 35°F colder than a normal December night in Shrewsbury (typical low near 33°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -2°F Dec 19, 2010
2 3°F Dec 25, 2010
3 5°F Feb 18, 2003
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.04 in Sep 21, 2018

About 88% of a typical September's rain in a single day (Shrewsbury averages roughly 2.3 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.04 in Sep 21, 2018
2 1.90 in May 14, 2007
3 1.73 in Sep 19, 1999

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.

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

Shrewsbury's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 96°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

In a normal year, Shrewsbury's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 96°F and as low as −2°F. A single day has delivered over 2 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 29 years of daily observations at Shawbury, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →