All-time weather records — Lucerne, MO

Record high
114.1°F
August 8, 1934
Record low
-29.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
8.92 in
July 25, 2008

Climate change signal in Lucerne

2.2%

of Lucerne's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (8 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1890s
25
20
1900s
39
43
1910s
28
76
1920s
14
36
1930s
139
35
1940s
32
46
1950s
14
20
1960s
12
21
1970s
9
18
1980s
22
25
1990s
10
14
2000s
6
1
2010s
16
11
2020s
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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 1893, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1893-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 4, 1939 -27.9°F — Jan 13, 1912 2.10 in — Jan 14, 1911
February 80.1°F — Feb 24, 1930 -27.9°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.45 in — Feb 17, 1911
March 89.1°F — Mar 22, 1939 -14.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 2.82 in — Mar 12, 1939
April 93.9°F — Apr 29, 1901 8.1°F — Apr 5, 1920 3.62 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 104.0°F — May 30, 1934 19.9°F — May 4, 1907 4.76 in — May 29, 2013
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 1901 37.9°F — Jun 9, 1915 6.78 in — Jun 4, 2014
July 113.0°F — Jul 15, 1936 44.1°F — Jul 14, 1950 8.92 in — Jul 25, 2008
August 114.1°F — Aug 8, 1934 37.0°F — Aug 30, 1915 7.50 in — Aug 27, 1903
September 106.0°F — Sep 3, 1939 25.0°F — Sep 29, 1908 5.60 in — Sep 26, 1933
October 98.1°F — Oct 6, 1912 -2.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 2.80 in — Oct 11, 1912
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -9.9°F — Nov 8, 1991 2.70 in — Nov 27, 2015
December 73.0°F — Dec 7, 1894 -29.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.80 in — Dec 15, 1971

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