All-time weather records — Lake Placid, NY

Record high
97.0°F
July 19, 1953
Record low
-38.9°F
December 30, 1917
Wettest day
4.26 in
September 17, 1999

Climate change signal in Lake Placid

2.5%

of Lake Placid's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (9 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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
1
1
1900s
·
3
1910s
11
81
1920s
36
37
1930s
46
33
1940s
64
44
1950s
39
28
1960s
21
24
1970s
15
28
1980s
18
44
1990s
41
26
2000s
39
8
2010s
28
8
2020s
7
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 1899, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 8, 2008 -36.9°F — Jan 13, 1914 2.45 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 64.9°F — Feb 23, 1922 -36.9°F — Feb 11, 1979 2.95 in — Feb 23, 1922
March 80.1°F — Mar 21, 2012 -29.9°F — Mar 11, 1984 2.48 in — Mar 30, 1925
April 87.1°F — Apr 27, 2009 -9.9°F — Apr 4, 1911 2.84 in — Apr 7, 2026
May 91.0°F — May 26, 2010 17.1°F — May 4, 1911 2.67 in — May 17, 2014
June 93.9°F — Jun 28, 1944 21.9°F — Jun 7, 1961 3.73 in — Jun 26, 1998
July 97.0°F — Jul 19, 1953 30.9°F — Jul 2, 1992 3.10 in — Jul 15, 1945
August 93.9°F — Aug 14, 1944 27.0°F — Aug 31, 1976 3.52 in — Aug 8, 1918
September 93.9°F — Sep 9, 2002 18.0°F — Sep 29, 1914 4.26 in — Sep 17, 1999
October 87.1°F — Oct 6, 1951 5.0°F — Oct 31, 1925 3.33 in — Oct 8, 2023
November 79.0°F — Nov 7, 1938 -11.0°F — Nov 26, 1938 3.52 in — Nov 9, 1996
December 63.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -38.9°F — Dec 30, 1917 2.80 in — Dec 12, 1952

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