All-time weather records — Lake Lafayette, MO

Record high
106.0°F
August 22, 2003
Record low
-26.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
6.21 in
July 27, 2017

Climate change signal in Lake Lafayette

26.8%

of Lake Lafayette's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (98 of 366 records since 2015).

22.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (81 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 #
1980s
3
13
1990s
87
106
2000s
106
106
2010s
128
104
2020s
42
37

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 1989, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1988-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 9, 2003 -11.9°F — Jan 15, 2024 1.90 in — Jan 31, 1999
February 78.1°F — Feb 28, 2024 -13.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 1.92 in — Feb 18, 2000
March 84.0°F — Mar 20, 2017 -5.1°F — Mar 3, 2014 3.03 in — Mar 18, 2008
April 90.0°F — Apr 19, 2006 19.0°F — Apr 4, 2018 2.75 in — Apr 30, 2017
May 93.0°F — May 13, 1992 30.0°F — May 2, 2005 3.97 in — May 16, 1990
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 4, 1990 4.82 in — Jun 30, 2007
July 105.1°F — Jul 30, 2012 52.0°F — Jul 15, 2014 6.21 in — Jul 27, 2017
August 106.0°F — Aug 22, 2003 48.0°F — Aug 12, 2004 5.89 in — Aug 6, 2017
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 32.0°F — Sep 23, 1995 5.58 in — Sep 14, 1998
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 1995 19.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 3.25 in — Oct 5, 1998
November 81.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 -2.0°F — Nov 8, 1991 2.41 in — Nov 4, 1994
December 72.0°F — Dec 1, 1998 -26.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.50 in — Dec 14, 1992

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