All-time weather records — Dodson, LA

Record high
111.0°F
September 1, 2000
Record low
-38.0°F
February 14, 1950
Wettest day
12.90 in
June 29, 1989

Climate change signal in Dodson

0%

of Dodson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
3
4
1940s
53
7
1950s
141
46
1960s
59
86
1970s
12
102
1980s
35
67
1990s
38
33
2000s
25
21

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1893, the latest in 2006. Period of observation: 1893-2008.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 1.0°F — Jan 12, 1962 5.74 in — Jan 29, 1999
February 86.0°F — Feb 18, 1986 -38.0°F — Feb 14, 1950 8.01 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 91.9°F — Mar 21, 1997 16.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 7.03 in — Mar 25, 1949
April 93.0°F — Apr 18, 1987 28.0°F — Apr 4, 1987 11.20 in — Apr 12, 1974
May 99.0°F — May 30, 1951 36.0°F — May 31, 1966 8.10 in — May 10, 1968
June 102.0°F — Jun 13, 1963 44.1°F — Jun 2, 1997 12.90 in — Jun 29, 1989
July 105.1°F — Jul 12, 1960 51.1°F — Jul 15, 1967 10.00 in — Jul 22, 1958
August 109.0°F — Aug 2, 1998 50.0°F — Aug 30, 1986 5.30 in — Aug 22, 1958
September 111.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 35.1°F — Sep 29, 1967 5.50 in — Sep 3, 2008
October 102.0°F — Oct 6, 1954 26.1°F — Oct 21, 1976 9.44 in — Oct 17, 2006
November 89.1°F — Nov 12, 1955 15.1°F — Nov 29, 1976 9.36 in — Nov 16, 1987
December 82.9°F — Dec 2, 1982 5.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 7.73 in — Dec 26, 1982

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Dodson.