All-time weather records — La Porte, IN

Record high
104.0°F
September 1, 1953
Record low
-23.1°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
6.73 in
September 13, 2008

Climate change signal in La Porte

12%

of La Porte's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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
42
40
1900s
21
13
1940s
18
11
1950s
75
104
1960s
40
80
1970s
17
36
1980s
36
29
1990s
27
17
2000s
24
5
2010s
41
28
2020s
25
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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 25, 1950 -23.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.52 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 71.1°F — Feb 11, 1999 -23.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 2.91 in — Feb 20, 2018
March 84.9°F — Mar 21, 2012 -6.0°F — Mar 4, 2002 2.22 in — Mar 25, 1954
April 93.9°F — Apr 29, 1899 12.9°F — Apr 2, 1899 3.40 in — Apr 25, 1954
May 96.1°F — May 27, 2012 23.0°F — May 2, 1897 3.23 in — May 9, 1996
June 102.0°F — Jun 20, 1953 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1897 3.82 in — Jun 26, 2013
July 102.0°F — Jul 8, 1897 43.0°F — Jul 1, 1950 5.21 in — Jul 23, 1959
August 102.9°F — Aug 31, 1953 37.9°F — Aug 21, 1950 6.00 in — Aug 28, 1978
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 28.0°F — Sep 29, 1951 6.73 in — Sep 13, 2008
October 91.9°F — Oct 3, 1953 19.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 5.52 in — Oct 10, 1954
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -7.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.00 in — Nov 27, 1990
December 72.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -22.0°F — Dec 23, 1960 2.81 in — Dec 24, 1965

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