All-time weather records — Oak Ridge, LA

Record high
109.0°F
July 31, 1896
Record low
-4.0°F
February 13, 1899
Wettest day
12.15 in
March 10, 2016

Climate change signal in Oak Ridge

0%

of Oak Ridge's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
312
295
1900s
49
63
1940s
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1950s
·
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1960s
5
8
1970s
·
·
1990s
·
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2000s
·
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2010s
·
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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 1895, the latest in 1969. Period of observation: 1895-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 9, 1898 9.0°F — Jan 27, 1897 5.06 in — Jan 30, 1999
February 84.9°F — Feb 3, 1899 -4.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 6.76 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 90.0°F — Mar 31, 1897 26.1°F — Mar 13, 1896 12.15 in — Mar 10, 2016
April 93.9°F — Apr 30, 1900 26.1°F — Apr 6, 1898 6.84 in — Apr 11, 1947
May 99.0°F — May 25, 1896 30.0°F — May 7, 1898 4.90 in — May 2, 2013
June 106.0°F — Jun 24, 1901 51.1°F — Jun 13, 1896 5.80 in — Jun 18, 2025
July 109.0°F — Jul 31, 1896 55.9°F — Jul 14, 1897 5.40 in — Jul 6, 1995
August 109.0°F — Aug 1, 1896 53.1°F — Aug 29, 1896 6.32 in — Aug 25, 2022
September 108.0°F — Sep 19, 1896 36.0°F — Sep 27, 1899 6.54 in — Sep 3, 2008
October 97.0°F — Oct 4, 1897 28.0°F — Oct 25, 1965 8.60 in — Oct 10, 2020
November 84.9°F — Nov 28, 1899 21.9°F — Nov 3, 1899 5.60 in — Nov 28, 1968
December 84.9°F — Dec 13, 1899 15.1°F — Dec 10, 1898 3.75 in — Dec 11, 1964

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