All-time weather records — Golden Meadow, LA

Record high
100.0°F
July 16, 1971
Record low
10.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
16.80 in
December 30, 2015

Climate change signal in Golden Meadow

16.4%

of Golden Meadow's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (60 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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 #
1960s
17
15
1970s
95
90
1980s
98
93
1990s
42
58
2000s
46
51
2010s
44
56
2020s
24
3

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 1968, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 1968-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 1, 1972 14.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 7.02 in — Jan 6, 1998
February 84.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 12.0°F — Feb 9, 2011 6.90 in — Feb 11, 1981
March 87.1°F — Mar 27, 2020 16.0°F — Mar 11, 2011 9.96 in — Mar 24, 2021
April 91.0°F — Apr 28, 1987 28.9°F — Apr 19, 2001 8.00 in — Apr 15, 1974
May 95.0°F — May 17, 2018 44.1°F — May 1, 2018 9.90 in — May 30, 1975
June 99.0°F — Jun 30, 1969 50.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 6.10 in — Jun 21, 2017
July 100.0°F — Jul 16, 1971 39.0°F — Jul 3, 2010 7.56 in — Jul 6, 2005
August 100.0°F — Aug 23, 1980 57.9°F — Aug 28, 2001 7.80 in — Aug 2, 1984
September 98.1°F — Sep 5, 2019 52.0°F — Sep 26, 1975 9.55 in — Sep 26, 2002
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 1998 26.1°F — Oct 25, 2016 5.96 in — Oct 9, 2004
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 2000 24.1°F — Nov 30, 1976 4.05 in — Nov 11, 1998
December 82.0°F — Dec 8, 1978 10.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 16.80 in — Dec 30, 2015

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