All-time weather records — Lorain, OH

Record high
99.0°F
July 21, 2011
Record low
-14.8°F
February 16, 2015
Wettest day
4.60 in
August 20, 2005

Climate change signal in Lorain

36.1%

of Lorain's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (132 of 366 records since 2015).

36.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (133 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 #
1990s
40
27
2000s
108
155
2010s
137
121
2020s
81
63

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 1998, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1998-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 13, 2005 -13.9°F — Jan 17, 2009 1.81 in — Jan 5, 2007
February 73.9°F — Feb 24, 2017 -14.8°F — Feb 16, 2015 2.05 in — Feb 28, 2011
March 82.9°F — Mar 21, 2012 -2.7°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.54 in — Mar 8, 2009
April 87.1°F — Apr 25, 2009 19.0°F — Apr 6, 2002 1.88 in — Apr 15, 2018
May 93.0°F — May 30, 2006 30.2°F — May 9, 2020 2.02 in — May 21, 2004
June 97.0°F — Jun 17, 2024 41.0°F — Jun 2, 2003 2.98 in — Jun 25, 2013
July 99.0°F — Jul 21, 2011 48.0°F — Jul 6, 2001 3.03 in — Jul 28, 2002
August 95.0°F — Aug 30, 2010 43.0°F — Aug 30, 2025 4.60 in — Aug 20, 2005
September 96.1°F — Sep 7, 2010 35.1°F — Sep 29, 2000 3.54 in — Sep 22, 2021
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 1.2°F — Oct 5, 2014 4.24 in — Oct 30, 2012
November 79.0°F — Nov 4, 2003 1.2°F — Nov 20, 2015 2.57 in — Nov 18, 2017
December 70.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -9.9°F — Dec 25, 2004 2.35 in — Dec 21, 2013

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