All-time weather records — Lancaster, OH

Record high
100.0°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-99.0°F
April 11, 2011
Wettest day
4.55 in
January 5, 2004

Climate change signal in Lancaster

34.4%

of Lancaster's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (126 of 366 records since 2015).

35.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (131 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 #
1970s
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1990s
58
39
2000s
117
138
2010s
122
118
2020s
69
71

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 1997, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1974-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 11, 2020 -11.9°F — Jan 28, 2014 4.55 in — Jan 5, 2004
February 79.0°F — Feb 20, 2018 -9.9°F — Feb 2, 2026 1.88 in — Feb 23, 1975
March 86.0°F — Mar 21, 2012 1.9°F — Mar 1, 2015 1.88 in — Mar 18, 2008
April 88.0°F — Apr 26, 2009 -99.0°F — Apr 11, 2011 2.07 in — Apr 3, 2018
May 95.0°F — May 25, 2025 17.1°F — May 15, 2006 2.42 in — May 19, 2004
June 99.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 39.9°F — Jun 2, 2003 2.41 in — Jun 3, 2008
July 100.0°F — Jul 6, 2012 34.0°F — Jul 30, 2003 3.02 in — Jul 6, 2022
August 99.0°F — Aug 1, 1999 37.0°F — Aug 5, 2003 2.87 in — Aug 31, 2005
September 97.0°F — Sep 15, 1998 30.9°F — Sep 30, 2004 2.98 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 91.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 18.0°F — Oct 13, 2006 2.55 in — Oct 8, 1998
November 81.0°F — Nov 5, 2003 10.9°F — Nov 13, 2019 2.25 in — Nov 5, 2017
December 73.9°F — Dec 6, 2001 -7.1°F — Dec 23, 2022 1.95 in — Dec 17, 2016

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