All-time weather records — Laurel, MD

Record high
106.0°F
July 20, 1930
Record low
-18.9°F
January 14, 1912
Wettest day
5.86 in
October 29, 2012

Climate change signal in Laurel

0%

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

0.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (1 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
24
26
1900s
43
95
1910s
21
110
1920s
19
34
1930s
48
31
1940s
18
15
1950s
37
3
1960s
25
7
1970s
18
11
1980s
33
18
1990s
48
10
2000s
21
2
2010s
11
4

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 1895, the latest in 2013. Period of observation: 1895-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 14, 1932 -18.9°F — Jan 14, 1912 3.55 in — Jan 13, 1915
February 82.0°F — Feb 25, 1930 -18.0°F — Feb 11, 1899 2.15 in — Feb 22, 2003
March 90.0°F — Mar 23, 1907 1.9°F — Mar 1, 1934 4.30 in — Mar 21, 1918
April 95.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 10.9°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.42 in — Apr 26, 1937
May 98.1°F — May 30, 1991 27.0°F — May 11, 1906 5.00 in — May 6, 1921
June 100.9°F — Jun 6, 1899 37.9°F — Jun 11, 1913 5.60 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 106.0°F — Jul 20, 1930 39.9°F — Jul 9, 1918 4.90 in — Jul 13, 1975
August 104.0°F — Aug 3, 1957 45.0°F — Aug 5, 1929 5.25 in — Aug 2, 1906
September 100.9°F — Sep 2, 1953 33.1°F — Sep 29, 1903 4.31 in — Sep 5, 1979
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 1941 19.0°F — Oct 30, 1909 5.86 in — Oct 29, 2012
November 87.1°F — Nov 29, 1985 6.1°F — Nov 29, 1930 3.65 in — Nov 23, 1901
December 78.1°F — Dec 7, 1998 -8.0°F — Dec 27, 1914 3.30 in — Dec 29, 1901

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