All-time weather records — Lowell, IN

Record high
104.0°F
June 25, 1988
Record low
-29.0°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
5.85 in
June 13, 1972

Climate change signal in Lowell

17.5%

of Lowell's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (64 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 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 #
1960s
40
50
1970s
44
99
1980s
87
80
1990s
42
60
2000s
58
21
2010s
65
46
2020s
30
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 1963, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1963-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 8, 2008 -27.9°F — Jan 16, 1977 2.99 in — Jan 11, 2020
February 73.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -23.1°F — Feb 11, 2014 2.53 in — Feb 1, 1968
March 84.9°F — Mar 22, 2012 -9.0°F — Mar 4, 2002 2.19 in — Mar 8, 2009
April 91.0°F — Apr 25, 1986 7.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.88 in — Apr 14, 1981
May 96.1°F — May 28, 2018 24.1°F — May 9, 2020 2.91 in — May 29, 1989
June 104.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 5.0°F — Jun 7, 1992 5.85 in — Jun 13, 1972
July 100.9°F — Jul 6, 1988 41.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 3.64 in — Jul 21, 2003
August 104.0°F — Aug 1, 1988 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 5.28 in — Aug 17, 1968
September 98.1°F — Sep 10, 1983 28.0°F — Sep 23, 1995 3.20 in — Sep 9, 1992
October 91.9°F — Oct 6, 1963 18.0°F — Oct 24, 1981 3.61 in — Oct 24, 2021
November 79.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 1.9°F — Nov 22, 2015 5.14 in — Nov 27, 1990
December 70.0°F — Dec 4, 2012 -29.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.50 in — Dec 24, 1965

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