All-time weather records — La Follette, TN

Record high
105.1°F
July 25, 1964
Record low
-18.9°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
6.70 in
April 4, 1977

Climate change signal in La Follette

9%

of La Follette's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (33 of 366 records since 2015).

12.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (47 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 #
1930s
49
16
1940s
34
19
1950s
52
24
1960s
48
85
1970s
55
53
1980s
39
49
1990s
19
29
2000s
26
27
2010s
31
42
2020s
13
22

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 1935, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1935-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 23, 1999 -18.9°F — Jan 20, 1985 3.16 in — Jan 2, 1937
February 80.1°F — Feb 26, 1977 -17.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.72 in — Feb 16, 2003
March 87.1°F — Mar 21, 2012 -2.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.70 in — Mar 16, 1973
April 91.9°F — Apr 27, 1986 19.0°F — Apr 2, 2019 6.70 in — Apr 4, 1977
May 93.9°F — May 10, 1936 19.9°F — May 8, 2020 4.65 in — May 10, 1995
June 104.0°F — Jun 23, 1964 35.1°F — Jun 1, 1972 3.63 in — Jun 25, 1999
July 105.1°F — Jul 25, 1964 41.0°F — Jul 27, 2019 5.34 in — Jul 6, 1967
August 100.0°F — Aug 8, 1935 42.1°F — Aug 22, 1985 4.55 in — Aug 10, 1970
September 102.0°F — Sep 4, 1975 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 5.24 in — Sep 6, 2011
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 17, 2020 4.57 in — Oct 29, 2020
November 88.0°F — Nov 19, 1985 6.1°F — Nov 30, 1976 5.79 in — Nov 27, 1973
December 75.0°F — Dec 28, 2015 -6.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 5.13 in — Dec 23, 1990

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