West Harpersfield Weather Records (USC00309205)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for West Harpersfield (USC00309205), New York, United States, with 53 years of record.

Key Facts for West Harpersfield

West Harpersfield (USC00309205) is a weather station in New York, United States at 42.43 latitude and -74.72 longitude, 573 m (1,880 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1893 to 1945, 53 years of record.
1,464 records set at West Harpersfield still stand.
Records are tracked for no element yet: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.

About the Station

Location: New York, United States, 42.43 latitude, -74.72 longitude.
Elevation: 573 m (1,880 ft).
Period of record: 1893 to 1945, 53 years.
Eligible elements: none yet.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at West Harpersfield. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at West Harpersfield, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	18.3 C (64.9 F)	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	16.7 C (62.1 F)	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	26.1 C (79.0 F)	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	28.9 C (84.0 F)	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	31.7 C (89.1 F)	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	33.3 C (91.9 F)	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	33.9 C (93.0 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	31.1 C (88.0 F)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	28.9 C (84.0 F)	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	20.6 C (69.1 F)	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	16.7 C (62.1 F)	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at West Harpersfield still stand. 1895 holds the most, with 147.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Oct: 101.9 mm (4.0 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at West Harpersfield. The most was 101.9 mm (4.0 in) on 9 October 1903.

Record daily precipitation for each month at West Harpersfield
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 January 1905
Feb	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 February 1906
Mar	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 March 1903
Apr	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 April 1897
May	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	13 May 1897
Jun	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	12 June 1903
Jul	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 July 1902
Aug	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	11 August 1897
Sep	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 September 1905
Oct	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	9 October 1903
Nov	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	10 November 1898
Dec	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	15 December 1901

Period of Record Coverage

1893 to 1906

14 years of record at West Harpersfield, 1893 to 1906. 2 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1901, 1906.

Days with data per year at West Harpersfield
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1893	329	90%	Yes
1894	364	100%	Yes
1895	361	99%	Yes
1896	362	99%	Yes
1897	365	100%	Yes
1898	364	100%	Yes
1899	363	99%	Yes
1900	331	91%	Yes
1901	255	70%	No
1902	355	97%	Yes
1903	361	99%	Yes
1904	362	99%	Yes
1905	363	99%	Yes
1906	59	16%	No

Latest Records

No records were set at this station in the latest data.

Climate Trend

10 complete years, 1894 to 1905

One stripe for each of 10 complete years at West Harpersfield, 1894 to 1905. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 6.7 C (44.0 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1904, at 5.3 C (41.6 F), and the warmest was 1898, at 7.6 C (45.7 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.4 C (2.5 F).

Annual mean temperature at West Harpersfield as warming stripes, 1894 to 1905
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1894	7.2 C	+0.50 C
1895	6.4 C	-0.24 C
1896	6.6 C	-0.07 C
1897	6.8 C	+0.13 C
1898	7.6 C	+0.94 C
1899	6.9 C	+0.22 C
1902	6.7 C	+0.01 C
1903	6.6 C	-0.05 C
1904	5.3 C	-1.34 C
1905	6.5 C	-0.15 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1893 to 1945

Yearly extremes at West Harpersfield: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1895	33.6 C (92.5 F)	14
Coldest night (TNn)	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	1904	-29.1 C (-20.5 F)	14
Wettest day (Rx1day)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	1903	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	16
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	1903	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	16
Longest dry spell (CDD)	25 days	1894	18 days	16

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at West Harpersfield, 1893 to 1945. The record is 36.7 C (98.1 F) in 1895, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.6 C (92.5 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at West Harpersfield by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1893	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1894	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1895	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1896	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1897	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1898	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1899	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1900	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1901	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1902	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1903	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1904	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1905	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1906	18.3 C (64.9 F)
1944	n/a
1945	n/a

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at West Harpersfield, 1893 to 1945. The record is -37.8 C (-36.0 F) in 1904, marked on the chart; the median year is -29.1 C (-20.5 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at West Harpersfield by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1893	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1894	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1895	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1896	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1897	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1898	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1899	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1900	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1901	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1902	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1903	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1904	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1905	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1906	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1944	n/a
1945	n/a

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at West Harpersfield, 1893 to 1945. The record is 101.9 mm (4.0 in) in 1903, marked on the chart; the median year is 51.5 mm (2.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at West Harpersfield by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1893	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1894	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1895	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1896	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1897	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1898	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1899	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1900	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1901	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1902	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1903	101.9 mm (4.0 in)
1904	69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1905	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1906	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1944	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1945	31.8 mm (1.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at West Harpersfield, 1893 to 1945. The record is 158.0 mm (6.2 in) in 1903, marked on the chart; the median year is 67.9 mm (2.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at West Harpersfield by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1893	97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1894	86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1895	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1896	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1897	90.8 mm (3.6 in)
1898	83.2 mm (3.3 in)
1899	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1900	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1901	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1902	82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1903	158.0 mm (6.2 in)
1904	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1905	79.3 mm (3.1 in)
1906	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1944	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1945	51.8 mm (2.0 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at West Harpersfield, 1893 to 1945. The record is 25 days in 1894, marked on the chart; the median year is 18 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at West Harpersfield by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1893	16 days
1894	25 days
1895	18 days
1896	23 days
1897	20 days
1898	20 days
1899	16 days
1900	17 days
1901	22 days
1902	15 days
1903	23 days
1904	15 days
1905	19 days
1906	11 days
1944	11 days
1945	11 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Download the Data

Data for West Harpersfield standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for West Harpersfield threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).