All-time weather records — Lake Placid, FL

Record high
102.9°F
July 3, 1998
Record low
5.0°F
January 20, 1987
Wettest day
6.07 in
October 24, 2005

Climate change signal in Lake Placid

21.9%

of Lake Placid's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (80 of 366 records since 2015).

7.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (28 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
14
3
1970s
75
70
1980s
74
94
1990s
68
62
2000s
39
67
2010s
60
50
2020s
36
20

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 1969, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1969-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 89.1°F — Jan 20, 2001 5.0°F — Jan 20, 1987 3.98 in — Jan 16, 1991
February 91.9°F — Feb 28, 2001 18.0°F — Feb 14, 2006 4.29 in — Feb 3, 1998
March 95.0°F — Mar 27, 2023 19.9°F — Mar 2, 1986 4.68 in — Mar 13, 1984
April 98.1°F — Apr 10, 1989 14.0°F — Apr 19, 1984 4.40 in — Apr 1, 1972
May 100.0°F — May 12, 2017 35.1°F — May 25, 1986 2.78 in — May 14, 2011
June 102.0°F — Jun 5, 1985 50.0°F — Jun 1, 1971 4.88 in — Jun 9, 2002
July 102.9°F — Jul 3, 1998 57.9°F — Jul 7, 1983 3.99 in — Jul 6, 1986
August 100.9°F — Aug 19, 1969 60.1°F — Aug 3, 1972 5.97 in — Aug 31, 2006
September 99.0°F — Sep 3, 2000 55.0°F — Sep 29, 2006 5.96 in — Sep 11, 2017
October 97.0°F — Oct 11, 2009 34.0°F — Oct 25, 2006 6.07 in — Oct 24, 2005
November 96.1°F — Nov 5, 1972 27.0°F — Nov 27, 2008 4.04 in — Nov 5, 1998
December 91.0°F — Dec 19, 2016 16.0°F — Dec 28, 2010 2.44 in — Dec 17, 2003

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