All-time weather records — Lake Arthur, LA

Record high
106.0°F
August 28, 2023
Record low
0.0°F
March 5, 1919
Wettest day
14.71 in
November 13, 1922

Climate change signal in Lake Arthur

3.8%

of Lake Arthur's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1900s
64
30
1910s
52
37
1920s
85
37
1930s
63
69
1940s
11
29
1950s
6
38
1960s
2
43
1970s
·
29
1990s
10
12
2000s
41
24
2010s
20
13
2020s
12
5

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 1902, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1901-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 96.1°F — Jan 9, 1907 12.9°F — Jan 12, 1918 8.00 in — Jan 10, 2013
February 87.1°F — Feb 19, 1909 10.9°F — Feb 1, 1951 5.44 in — Feb 5, 1943
March 91.9°F — Mar 30, 1946 0.0°F — Mar 5, 1919 8.00 in — Mar 13, 1947
April 93.9°F — Apr 24, 1929 34.0°F — Apr 1, 1937 11.25 in — Apr 14, 1967
May 99.0°F — May 22, 2005 42.1°F — May 1, 1908 7.16 in — May 3, 2000
June 102.9°F — Jun 3, 2011 43.0°F — Jun 17, 1947 11.36 in — Jun 14, 1940
July 102.0°F — Jul 17, 1932 0.0°F — Jul 2, 1998 6.55 in — Jul 16, 1952
August 106.0°F — Aug 28, 2023 57.9°F — Aug 12, 1967 14.00 in — Aug 15, 1938
September 105.1°F — Sep 5, 2000 41.0°F — Sep 30, 1924 8.15 in — Sep 25, 1913
October 99.0°F — Oct 14, 1929 0.0°F — Oct 13, 1921 6.05 in — Oct 28, 2002
November 90.0°F — Nov 3, 1936 23.0°F — Nov 21, 1937 14.71 in — Nov 13, 1922
December 84.9°F — Dec 15, 1933 18.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 10.34 in — Dec 6, 1971

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