All-time weather records — Jean Lafitte, LA

Record high
102.0°F
July 31, 1992
Record low
1.0°F
March 19, 2012
Wettest day
14.30 in
September 5, 2011

Climate change signal in Jean Lafitte

18%

of Jean Lafitte's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (66 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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 #
1990s
157
148
2000s
90
106
2010s
115
109
2020s
4
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 1992, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 1992-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 25, 1993 12.9°F — Jan 8, 1996 7.05 in — Jan 11, 1993
February 86.0°F — Feb 27, 2000 24.1°F — Feb 4, 1996 3.50 in — Feb 10, 2005
March 99.0°F — Mar 14, 2012 1.0°F — Mar 19, 2012 3.95 in — Mar 8, 1995
April 90.0°F — Apr 28, 1994 30.0°F — Apr 9, 2014 5.30 in — Apr 30, 2006
May 95.0°F — May 26, 2010 41.0°F — May 9, 2013 5.25 in — May 4, 2017
June 100.0°F — Jun 25, 2009 41.0°F — Jun 18, 2014 8.30 in — Jun 14, 1999
July 102.0°F — Jul 31, 1992 57.9°F — Jul 15, 2011 5.50 in — Jul 23, 2000
August 100.0°F — Aug 7, 1992 60.1°F — Aug 13, 2011 5.53 in — Aug 26, 1992
September 98.1°F — Sep 1, 2000 1.0°F — Sep 14, 2014 14.30 in — Sep 5, 2011
October 93.9°F — Oct 3, 1998 37.0°F — Oct 26, 1995 5.70 in — Oct 4, 2002
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1996 28.0°F — Nov 13, 2019 2.80 in — Nov 4, 1992
December 84.0°F — Dec 6, 2017 8.1°F — Dec 12, 2002 3.00 in — Dec 15, 2009

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