All-time weather records — Lake Lotawana, MO

Record high
108.0°F
July 20, 1980
Record low
-25.1°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
8.02 in
August 13, 1982

Climate change signal in Lake Lotawana

0%

of Lake Lotawana's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1960s
71
55
1970s
64
69
1980s
118
84
1990s
63
137
2000s
46
20
2010s
4
1

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 1962, the latest in 2011. Period of observation: 1962-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 9, 2003 -18.9°F — Jan 10, 1982 2.30 in — Jan 31, 2002
February 80.1°F — Mar 1, 1972 -15.0°F — Feb 1, 1979 2.40 in — Feb 10, 1988
March 87.1°F — Mar 11, 1972 -5.1°F — Mar 4, 1978 1.97 in — Mar 5, 2004
April 91.0°F — Apr 12, 1972 10.9°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.10 in — Apr 28, 1994
May 91.0°F — May 19, 1962 28.0°F — May 3, 1976 6.90 in — May 19, 2004
June 102.9°F — Jun 24, 1988 35.1°F — Jun 5, 1993 5.30 in — Jun 9, 1984
July 108.0°F — Jul 20, 1980 48.0°F — Jul 13, 1975 3.96 in — Jul 25, 1968
August 107.1°F — Aug 29, 1984 39.0°F — Aug 19, 2002 8.02 in — Aug 13, 1982
September 107.1°F — Sep 10, 1984 28.9°F — Sep 27, 1993 7.50 in — Sep 14, 1998
October 95.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 7.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.00 in — Oct 5, 1998
November 82.0°F — Nov 8, 1980 -18.9°F — Nov 8, 1991 3.00 in — Nov 15, 1964
December 78.1°F — Dec 15, 1990 -25.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.93 in — Dec 15, 1971

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