All-time weather records — Laurel, MS

Record high
108.0°F
August 12, 2007
Record low
0.0°F
April 12, 2021
Wettest day
9.20 in
June 5, 1928

Climate change signal in Laurel

6.8%

of Laurel's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1900s
41
22
1910s
56
49
1920s
39
48
1930s
47
29
1940s
41
24
1950s
31
23
1960s
20
27
1970s
5
32
1980s
20
51
1990s
2
18
2000s
31
12
2010s
15
16
2020s
18
15

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 1902, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 91.0°F — Jan 22, 2012 3.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 6.50 in — Jan 10, 2026
February 84.9°F — Feb 5, 1957 10.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.96 in — Feb 16, 1949
March 90.0°F — Mar 25, 1907 14.0°F — Mar 2, 2021 7.21 in — Mar 11, 2016
April 93.9°F — Apr 28, 1984 0.0°F — Apr 12, 2021 6.00 in — Apr 22, 1977
May 99.0°F — May 28, 1911 1.0°F — May 28, 2018 6.18 in — May 7, 1960
June 106.0°F — Jun 26, 1914 33.1°F — Jun 13, 1904 9.20 in — Jun 5, 1928
July 106.0°F — Jul 11, 1930 51.1°F — Jul 17, 2013 9.09 in — Jul 6, 1916
August 108.0°F — Aug 12, 2007 52.0°F — Aug 8, 1984 7.00 in — Aug 30, 2005
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 1951 39.9°F — Sep 22, 1983 7.82 in — Sep 7, 1994
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1904 23.0°F — Oct 30, 1952 4.71 in — Oct 5, 1964
November 90.0°F — Nov 4, 1993 1.0°F — Nov 10, 2019 6.25 in — Nov 10, 1919
December 86.0°F — Dec 4, 2007 3.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 6.39 in — Dec 26, 1973

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