Built 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026)

City Weather Records: Threaded Long-Term Records by City

10 cities with a long-term record threaded from one or more stations, each showing the stations behind every year and the caveats that come with them.

Key Facts

  • 10 cities have a threaded record, and 0 of them join more than one station.
  • The highest maximum temperature among these cities is 50.0 C (122.0 F) at Phoenix, on 26 June 1990.
  • The lowest minimum temperature among these cities is -32.8 C (-27.0 F) at Chicago, on 20 January 1985.
  • A city record is only published where a curated mapping of stations and years exists, and every page shows that mapping.

Highest Temperature on Record

maximum, degrees Celsius
Highest maximum temperature on record by city
Phoenix50.0 C (122.0 F)
Los Angeles45.0 C (113.0 F)
Seattle42.2 C (108.0 F)
Atlanta41.1 C (106.0 F)
New York41.1 C (106.0 F)
Denver40.6 C (105.1 F)
Washington, D.C.40.6 C (105.1 F)
Chicago40.0 C (104.0 F)
Boston39.4 C (102.9 F)
Miami36.7 C (98.1 F)

All Cities

Cities with country, population, stations and record range
CityCountryPopulationStationsRecord yearsThresholds
AtlantaUnited States499,00011930 to 2026Threshold days
BostonUnited States676,00011936 to 2026Threshold days
ChicagoUnited States2,750,00011958 to 2026Threshold days
DenverUnited States716,00011994 to 2026Threshold days
Los AngelesUnited States3,900,00011906 to 2026Threshold days
MiamiUnited States442,00011948 to 2026Threshold days
New YorkUnited States8,800,00011869 to 2026Threshold days
PhoenixUnited States1,610,00011933 to 2026Threshold days
SeattleUnited States737,00011948 to 2026Threshold days
Washington, D.C.United States690,00011941 to 2026Threshold days

Download the Data

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). City records thread stations by a curated mapping and are not official.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-13).