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Weather extremes

How extreme does Sudbury's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sudbury 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 Wattisham station 18 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 Sudbury 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 24°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Sudbury (typical high near 72°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 96°F Jul 19, 2022recent
2 96°F Jul 18, 2022
3 96°F Aug 10, 2003
❄️ Coldest night
2°F Jan 28, 2004

About 31°F colder than a normal January night in Sudbury (typical low near 33°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 2°F Jan 28, 2004
2 3°F Jan 29, 2004
3 5°F Feb 9, 2004
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.98 in Aug 25, 1996

More rain in a single day than Sudbury usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 2.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.98 in Aug 25, 1996
2 5.91 in Mar 18, 2018
3 5.51 in Feb 14, 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.

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

Sudbury's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 96°F is about 24°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, Sudbury'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 6 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 Wattisham, a weather station, about 18 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →