SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — We have officially reached a warm weather milestone of sorts in Syracuse: five years without a record low.
The last time we had a record low temperature in the Salt City was all the way back on September 21, 2020. The low that day was 34 degrees.
In the time since that record low occurred, there have been 43 record highs in Syracuse. Our most recent record high occurred on August 12.
Looking back even further, most of our record temperatures have been highs and not lows over the last twenty years.
Since 2004, there have been 104 record highs in Syracuse compared to just 34 record lows. That is about a 75% to 25% split.
We will continue to track this trend and keep you posted on any potential records in the latest Storm Team forecast.