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Weather extremes
How extreme does Sanford's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sanford 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 Sanford has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 52°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Sanford (typical high near 68°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 35°F colder than a normal January night in Sanford (typical low near 10°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Sanford usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 5.4 in).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Sanford's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 120°F is about 52°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 — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Sanford 2 Nnw (NOAA GHCN station USC00177479), about 2 km from the city centre.