All-time weather records — Lee, FL

Record high
122.0°F
October 8, 2005
Record low
5.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
10.97 in
June 26, 2012

Climate change signal in Lee

0.8%

of Lee's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (3 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 #
1900s
43
10
1910s
62
29
1920s
36
26
1930s
35
29
1940s
46
23
1950s
49
26
1960s
29
46
1970s
9
26
1980s
25
45
1990s
17
35
2000s
8
61
2010s
7
10

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 1903, the latest in 2015. Period of observation: 1892-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 93.9°F — Jan 5, 1916 5.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.82 in — Jan 24, 2015
February 87.1°F — Feb 10, 1957 14.0°F — Feb 3, 1917 5.16 in — Feb 19, 1988
March 99.0°F — Mar 27, 1923 16.0°F — Mar 6, 2007 8.93 in — Mar 31, 1948
April 96.1°F — Apr 26, 1958 33.1°F — Apr 13, 1940 4.55 in — Apr 6, 1953
May 102.9°F — May 27, 1953 43.0°F — May 4, 2004 6.30 in — May 9, 1914
June 116.1°F — Jun 13, 2001 52.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 10.97 in — Jun 26, 2012
July 106.0°F — Jul 26, 1914 52.0°F — Jul 31, 1992 5.07 in — Jul 25, 1980
August 102.9°F — Aug 16, 1918 57.9°F — Aug 9, 2002 7.40 in — Aug 23, 2008
September 100.9°F — Sep 11, 1954 42.1°F — Sep 30, 1967 8.35 in — Sep 15, 1932
October 122.0°F — Oct 8, 2005 30.0°F — Oct 29, 2008 5.68 in — Oct 16, 1947
November 91.9°F — Nov 2, 1911 9.0°F — Nov 27, 2008 5.18 in — Nov 28, 1976
December 89.1°F — Dec 7, 1906 7.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 6.84 in — Dec 21, 1925

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