All-time weather records — Lakewood, WA

Record high
105.1°F
June 28, 2021
Record low
-16.8°F
January 21, 2009
Wettest day
5.52 in
October 20, 2003

Climate change signal in Lakewood

48.1%

of Lakewood's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (176 of 366 records since 2015).

32%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (117 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 #
1990s
7
21
2000s
133
154
2010s
119
113
2020s
107
78

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 1999, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1999-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 19, 2005 -16.8°F — Jan 21, 2009 3.33 in — Jan 7, 2009
February 68.0°F — Feb 26, 2008 17.2°F — Feb 10, 2019 3.04 in — Feb 28, 2022
March 75.9°F — Mar 19, 2019 26.2°F — Mar 5, 2019 1.91 in — Mar 5, 2014
April 82.0°F — Apr 30, 2014 31.1°F — Apr 13, 2022 1.37 in — Apr 14, 2018
May 90.0°F — May 15, 2023 36.0°F — May 6, 2002 1.62 in — May 3, 2014
June 105.1°F — Jun 28, 2021 43.0°F — Jun 6, 2021 1.33 in — Jun 27, 2001
July 102.9°F — Jul 29, 2009 46.9°F — Jul 1, 2011 0.87 in — Jul 16, 1999
August 93.9°F — Aug 16, 2020 18.1°F — Aug 27, 2007 1.64 in — Aug 22, 2001
September 90.0°F — Sep 16, 2025 39.9°F — Sep 30, 2019 1.48 in — Sep 17, 2010
October 91.9°F — Oct 16, 2000 32.0°F — Oct 28, 2023 5.52 in — Oct 20, 2003
November 68.0°F — Nov 3, 2010 18.1°F — Nov 24, 2010 3.33 in — Nov 6, 2006
December 69.1°F — Dec 5, 2006 18.1°F — Dec 9, 2009 2.55 in — Dec 5, 2023

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