All-time weather records — Fort Lauderdale, FL

Record high
99.0°F
August 23, 2025
Record low
30.9°F
December 13, 1962
Wettest day
15.88 in
October 15, 1965

Climate change signal in Fort Lauderdale

50.3%

of Fort Lauderdale's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (184 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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 #
1950s
40
133
1960s
29
108
1990s
10
3
2000s
65
65
2010s
111
47
2020s
111
10

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 1952, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1952-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 27, 2026 34.0°F — Jan 15, 1964 3.55 in — Jan 21, 2022
February 90.0°F — Feb 23, 2026 36.0°F — Feb 1, 1966 4.50 in — Feb 1, 2004
March 91.9°F — Mar 14, 2001 39.9°F — Mar 6, 2010 3.05 in — Mar 19, 2000
April 97.0°F — Apr 28, 2015 50.0°F — Apr 5, 1961 9.58 in — Apr 13, 2023
May 97.0°F — May 12, 2024 52.0°F — May 4, 1963 5.55 in — May 26, 2020
June 98.1°F — Jun 1, 2024 64.0°F — Jun 11, 1953 9.47 in — Jun 8, 1999
July 97.0°F — Jul 22, 2018 64.9°F — Jul 21, 1965 4.66 in — Jul 6, 2010
August 99.0°F — Aug 23, 2025 68.0°F — Aug 20, 1963 5.60 in — Aug 27, 2012
September 96.1°F — Sep 1, 2025 66.9°F — Sep 22, 1962 6.45 in — Sep 23, 1960
October 93.9°F — Oct 14, 2023 51.1°F — Oct 28, 1957 15.88 in — Oct 15, 1965
November 91.9°F — Nov 12, 2016 42.1°F — Nov 30, 1959 9.50 in — Nov 10, 2020
December 88.0°F — Dec 3, 2025 30.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 9.99 in — Dec 26, 1958

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