Portland Maine S All-Time Records for the Month of January

Concord New Hampshire’s Warmest Temperatures

Updated 8-8-11

Rank Temperature Date .

1. 102 degrees July 4, 1911 2. 102 degrees July 3, 1965 3. 101 degrees July 3, 1911 4. 101 degrees July 5, 1911 5. 101 degrees July 10, 1911 6. 101 degrees June 4, 1919 7. 101 degrees August 2, 1975 8. 101 degrees July 20, 1977 9. 101 degrees July 21, 1977 10. 101 degrees July 14, 1995 (Last time 100+ degree temp.) 11. 100 degrees July 24, 1870 (First time ever recorded) 12. 100 degrees July 3, 1878 13. 100 degrees June 28, 1901 14. 100 degrees June 3, 1919 (Earliest date in the season) 15. 100 degrees July 22, 1926 16. 100 degrees August 26, 1948 (Latest date in the season) 17. 100 degrees August 5, 1955 18. 100 degrees July 23, 1978 19. 100 degrees July 22, 2011

This list contains all days that reached 100 degrees or higher.

Months not listed above:

72 degrees January 1, 1876 68 degrees February 12, 1872 & February 27, 1880 89 degrees March 31, 1998 95 degrees April 19, 1976 98 degrees May 22, 1911 98 degrees September 2, 1953 92 degrees October 16, 1879 80 degrees November 2, 1876 & November 2, 1950 73 degrees December 7, 1998

Note…temperature records began September 1, 1868. Some interesting facts…

Concord reached 100 degrees 18 times. This happened 3 times in June, 12 times in July and 3 times in August.

The earliest date was June 3rd and the latest was August 26th. The first time Concord recorded 100 degrees was July 24th, 1870 and the most recent time was July 14th, 1995. July 3rd is the only date with 100 degrees occurring more than once, and that happened 3 times, in 1878, 1911 and 1966.

July of 1911 had the most days with temperatures 100 degrees or higher with 4. The year 1911 had the most days of 100 or higher with 4 (all in July) and also had the hottest temperature recorded in May with a reading of 98 degrees on the 22nd.

July of 1911 had a stretched of unprecedented heat, including 3 days in a row of highs over 100 degrees, as listed here:

July 1 … 89 degrees July 2 … 93 degrees July 3 … 101 degrees July 4 … 102 degrees (tied as the all time hottest temperature) July 5 … 101 degrees July 6 … 99 degrees July 7 … 87 degrees July 8 … 87 degrees July 9 … 94 degrees July 10 … 101 degrees July 11 … 96 degrees July 12 … 95 degrees

The temperature didn’t reach 90 again in July of 1911 until the 31st with a high of 90. This gave the month 10 days with highs of 90 or higher.

July of 1955 had the most days with highs of 90 or higher with 18. The highest temperature was 98 degrees on the 21st. The year of 1955 had 30 days of 90 plus temperatures, an annual record.

The year 1902 was the only year that did not see a high of 90 or higher. The high for the year was 89 degrees on July 8th and again on September 1st. Other excessive hot spells include…

August 2002 had 90 plus temperatures for 9 consecutive days, from the 11th through the 19th, with the highest reading of 99 degrees on the 14th. For the month there were 13 days of 90 or higher and for the year there were 25 days with 90 or higher.

August 1944 with 90 plus for 8 consecutive days from the 10th through the 17th. The highest reading for the month was 99 degrees on the 2nd.

July 1970 had 90 plus temperatures for 8 consecutive days from the 24th through the 31st. The highest temperature was 94 degrees on the 27th and 30th.

July 1977 had 90 plus temperatures for 7 consecutive days from the 15th through the 21st with a high of 101 degrees occurring on the 20th and 21st.

June 1919 reached 100 degrees on the 3rd…the earliest date in the season to reach the 100 degree plateau, but also recorded 101 degrees on the 4th (2 out of the 3 days in June with 100 plus temperatures) followed by 98 degrees on the 5th.

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