All-time weather records — South Lake Tahoe, CA

Record high
99.0°F
July 22, 1988
Record low
-29.0°F
February 7, 1989
Wettest day
4.89 in
October 24, 2021

Climate change signal in South Lake Tahoe

30.1%

of South Lake Tahoe's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (110 of 366 records since 2015).

8.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (31 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
·
25
1970s
13
116
1980s
96
78
1990s
59
73
2000s
40
29
2010s
101
28
2020s
57
17

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 1972, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1968-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 25, 2015 -20.9°F — Jan 3, 1993 3.80 in — Jan 8, 2017
February 64.9°F — Feb 13, 2015 -29.0°F — Feb 7, 1989 2.41 in — Feb 20, 2017
March 75.9°F — Mar 18, 2026 -9.9°F — Mar 2, 1971 2.19 in — Mar 22, 2018
April 75.9°F — Apr 30, 1981 -0.9°F — Apr 6, 1975 1.21 in — Apr 13, 2003
May 84.0°F — May 17, 2008 7.0°F — May 18, 1974 1.16 in — May 6, 2013
June 91.0°F — Jun 17, 2021 21.0°F — Jun 9, 1988 1.03 in — Jun 5, 2011
July 99.0°F — Jul 22, 1988 25.0°F — Jul 1, 1976 1.18 in — Jul 14, 2018
August 96.1°F — Aug 8, 1981 24.1°F — Aug 24, 1973 0.83 in — Aug 8, 2010
September 93.9°F — Sep 4, 1988 19.0°F — Sep 25, 1984 0.89 in — Sep 1, 2023
October 84.0°F — Oct 2, 1988 9.1°F — Oct 30, 2019 4.89 in — Oct 24, 2021
November 71.1°F — Nov 5, 2020 -9.0°F — Nov 29, 2010 3.14 in — Nov 16, 2017
December 64.0°F — Dec 1, 2008 -29.0°F — Dec 9, 1972 3.65 in — Dec 31, 2022

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in South Lake Tahoe.