All-time weather records — Independence, LA

Record high
105.1°F
June 23, 1897
Record low
-44.0°F
November 24, 1957
Wettest day
8.77 in
April 6, 1983

Climate change signal in Independence

0%

of Independence'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
47
31
1900s
46
42
1910s
41
40
1920s
16
42
1930s
57
49
1940s
26
22
1950s
51
31
1960s
12
28
1970s
7
12
1980s
25
29
1990s
9
22
2000s
24
16
2010s
5
2

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 2010. Period of observation: 1892-2011.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 89.1°F — Jan 9, 1949 -31.0°F — Jan 23, 1954 5.50 in — Jan 8, 1975
February 89.1°F — Feb 11, 1894 1.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 7.13 in — Feb 21, 1961
March 90.0°F — Mar 11, 1911 19.0°F — Mar 4, 1943 6.20 in — Mar 8, 1903
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 1987 28.9°F — Apr 4, 1915 8.77 in — Apr 6, 1983
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1951 37.0°F — May 2, 1925 7.35 in — May 15, 2004
June 105.1°F — Jun 23, 1897 48.9°F — Jun 1, 1984 8.10 in — Jun 7, 1950
July 104.0°F — Jul 1, 1954 53.1°F — Jul 9, 1896 7.28 in — Jul 19, 1923
August 105.1°F — Aug 31, 2000 30.0°F — Aug 1, 1930 7.48 in — Aug 26, 1992
September 104.0°F — Sep 6, 1925 39.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 8.55 in — Sep 6, 1977
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 1900 27.0°F — Oct 24, 1917 5.41 in — Oct 26, 1996
November 95.0°F — Nov 5, 1937 -44.0°F — Nov 24, 1957 6.25 in — Nov 20, 1953
December 88.0°F — Dec 4, 1894 5.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 7.20 in — Dec 10, 1947

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