Of the eight times Dayton set a new temperature record, four were for the warmest high temperature, three for the warmest low temperature and one for the coldest high temperature.
January and September were the only months when a new record wasn’t set or tied.
Here are the records Dayton broke in 2025, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington:
January
- No records set
February
- Feb. 3: A new record high temperature was set at 66 degrees. The previous record was 62 degrees, set in 1927 and tied in 2020.
March
- March 14: Dayton reached 78 degrees, setting a new record high for the day.
- March 29: A record high minimum temperature was set at 65 degrees.
April
- April 2: A new daily record high temperature was set at 81 degrees.
- April 5: Dayton set a new record for rainfall with 1.65 inches.
May
- May 6: Dayton recorded 1.16 inches of rainfall, beating the 54-year-old record of 0.91 inches set in 1971.
June
- June 22: Dayton broke a 37-year-old record for the warmest low temperature. The low temperature was 77 degrees, breaking the previous record of 74 degrees in 1988.
- June 23: The city tied its record for warmest low temperature with a low of 73 degrees. The record was set on June 23, 1944.
- June 24: A new record highest low temperature was set at 74 degrees. It beat the previous record of 73 degrees set on June 24, 1914.
- June 25: Dayton matched its record warmest low temperature for June 25, with a low temperature of 75 degrees. The record was initially set on on June 25, 1943.
July
- July 6: Dayton tied its highest minimum temperature of 75 degrees. The record was set in 1900 and tied in 1921 and 1993.
August
- Aug. 26: Dayton tied its record low temperature of 48 degrees. The record for Aug. 26 was set in 1963.
September
- No records set
October
- Oct. 7: Dayton broke a 94-year-old daily rainfall record. The city received 2.45 inches of rain, breaking the previous record of 1.71 inches set in 1931.
November
- Nov. 10: A record 3.6 inches of snow fell in Dayton, breaking the previous record of 0.2 inches set in 1960.
December
- Dec. 2: Dayton received 2.8 inches of snowfall, breaking the previous record of 2.2 inches set in 1929.
- Dec. 14: A record lowest high temperature of 10 degrees was set in Dayton.
- Dec. 28: A high of 68 degrees was recorded in Dayton, breaking the previous record of 64 degrees in 1984.
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