All-time weather records — Donaldsonville, LA

Record high
105.1°F
August 28, 2023
Record low
0.0°F
April 19, 1923
Wettest day
14.47 in
August 26, 1926

Climate change signal in Donaldsonville

4.9%

of Donaldsonville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
11
14
1900s
77
26
1910s
62
38
1920s
42
23
1930s
48
17
1940s
31
28
1950s
41
97
1960s
25
32
1970s
3
6
1980s
1
21
1990s
1
25
2000s
4
14
2010s
9
17
2020s
11
8

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 2023. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 91.9°F — Jan 27, 1914 10.0°F — Jan 11, 1982 7.20 in — Jan 2, 1911
February 88.0°F — Feb 28, 1918 3.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 6.53 in — Feb 28, 1907
March 93.9°F — Mar 24, 1907 24.1°F — Mar 4, 2002 6.14 in — Mar 11, 2016
April 97.0°F — Apr 23, 1911 0.0°F — Apr 19, 1923 9.40 in — Apr 8, 2003
May 100.0°F — May 25, 1915 35.1°F — May 1, 1911 8.12 in — May 22, 1916
June 102.0°F — Jun 17, 1901 54.0°F — Jun 11, 1955 9.34 in — Jun 5, 1928
July 102.0°F — Jul 13, 1901 59.0°F — Jul 15, 1967 5.31 in — Jul 29, 1954
August 105.1°F — Aug 28, 2023 60.1°F — Aug 1, 1951 14.47 in — Aug 26, 1926
September 102.9°F — Sep 17, 1927 43.0°F — Sep 28, 1909 7.98 in — Sep 12, 1998
October 100.0°F — Oct 2, 1900 26.1°F — Oct 30, 1952 7.60 in — Oct 26, 1996
November 91.9°F — Nov 1, 1934 21.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 12.10 in — Nov 14, 1961
December 90.0°F — Dec 2, 1913 9.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.14 in — Dec 2, 2023

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