All-time weather records — Downsville, LA

Record high
109.9°F
August 18, 1909
Record low
-13.0°F
February 13, 1899
Wettest day
10.50 in
May 5, 1989

Climate change signal in Downsville

3%

of Downsville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (11 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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
7
24
1900s
17
33
1910s
59
46
1920s
53
36
1930s
46
21
1940s
29
21
1950s
49
25
1960s
9
34
1970s
6
17
1980s
23
42
1990s
23
28
2000s
21
17
2010s
17
22
2020s
7
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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 1892, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1892-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 95.0°F — Jan 29, 1965 -2.0°F — Jan 12, 1962 4.50 in — Jan 29, 1999
February 90.0°F — Feb 25, 1918 -13.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 6.42 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 97.0°F — Mar 18, 1937 14.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 9.53 in — Mar 10, 2016
April 98.1°F — Apr 27, 1896 26.1°F — Apr 2, 1896 6.44 in — Apr 16, 1900
May 100.0°F — May 30, 1911 34.0°F — May 5, 2013 10.50 in — May 5, 1989
June 109.0°F — Jun 20, 1936 45.0°F — Jun 17, 1917 4.83 in — Jun 2, 2013
July 109.0°F — Jul 29, 1930 52.0°F — Jul 5, 1922 6.33 in — Jul 25, 1933
August 109.9°F — Aug 18, 1909 44.1°F — Aug 25, 1923 4.43 in — Aug 30, 2012
September 109.9°F — Sep 1, 2000 36.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 7.90 in — Sep 15, 1978
October 100.0°F — Oct 6, 1954 24.1°F — Oct 21, 1895 6.87 in — Oct 31, 1941
November 90.0°F — Nov 2, 1936 10.0°F — Nov 19, 1903 4.93 in — Nov 5, 1925
December 87.1°F — Dec 19, 1895 5.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 9.63 in — Dec 13, 1931

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