All-time weather records — Leesville, LA

Record high
109.9°F
August 24, 2023
Record low
1.0°F
January 25, 1948
Wettest day
12.47 in
March 21, 2012

Climate change signal in Leesville

24.9%

of Leesville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (91 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
7
15
1910s
20
10
1920s
30
28
1930s
16
13
1940s
37
25
1950s
25
67
1960s
16
42
1970s
14
36
1980s
38
38
1990s
22
35
2000s
38
25
2010s
33
21
2020s
70
11

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 2026. Period of observation: 1903-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 22, 1943 1.0°F — Jan 25, 1948 4.78 in — Jan 27, 1994
February 88.0°F — Feb 28, 1940 5.0°F — Feb 1, 1949 11.00 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 91.9°F — Mar 30, 1946 17.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 12.47 in — Mar 21, 2012
April 93.0°F — Apr 19, 2006 28.9°F — Apr 2, 1962 8.45 in — Apr 29, 1953
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1998 34.0°F — May 4, 2013 8.12 in — May 18, 1953
June 104.0°F — Jun 20, 1936 48.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 6.03 in — Jun 7, 2001
July 108.0°F — Jul 31, 2023 53.1°F — Jul 15, 1967 6.45 in — Jul 2, 1936
August 109.9°F — Aug 24, 2023 48.9°F — Aug 24, 1956 7.58 in — Aug 8, 1940
September 109.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 35.1°F — Sep 29, 1967 6.87 in — Sep 12, 1998
October 98.1°F — Oct 6, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 29, 1952 6.31 in — Oct 26, 2002
November 90.0°F — Nov 8, 2022 15.1°F — Nov 19, 1903 6.96 in — Nov 19, 1948
December 88.0°F — Dec 7, 1924 6.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 7.30 in — Dec 27, 1982

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