All-time weather records — Sterlington, LA

Record high
923.0°F
September 19, 1944
Record low
-11.9°F
February 13, 1899
Wettest day
11.33 in
March 31, 2000

Climate change signal in Sterlington

0%

of Sterlington'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
40
52
1900s
·
2
1920s
25
18
1930s
28
22
1940s
39
38
1950s
80
20
1960s
44
43
1970s
31
26
1980s
41
46
1990s
11
32
2000s
18
41
2010s
9
26

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 1894, the latest in 2012. Period of observation: 1893-2014.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 2, 1952 3.9°F — Jan 11, 1982 4.90 in — Jan 3, 1951
February 87.1°F — Feb 24, 2012 -11.9°F — Feb 13, 1899 4.60 in — Feb 12, 1984
March 665.1°F — Mar 16, 1941 15.1°F — Mar 3, 1943 11.33 in — Mar 31, 2000
April 98.1°F — Apr 3, 1937 28.0°F — Apr 11, 1989 8.67 in — Apr 28, 1991
May 100.9°F — May 31, 1951 39.0°F — May 4, 2013 6.42 in — May 5, 1989
June 108.0°F — Jun 20, 1936 48.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 3.61 in — Jun 29, 1922
July 108.0°F — Jul 17, 1954 54.0°F — Jul 15, 1967 5.33 in — Jul 25, 1969
August 107.1°F — Aug 10, 1936 51.1°F — Aug 30, 1986 4.76 in — Aug 22, 2006
September 923.0°F — Sep 19, 1944 37.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 6.33 in — Sep 3, 2008
October 100.0°F — Oct 1, 1938 21.0°F — Oct 31, 1898 8.43 in — Oct 31, 1941
November 89.1°F — Nov 2, 1971 18.0°F — Nov 24, 1970 4.22 in — Nov 3, 1925
December 89.1°F — Dec 6, 1922 1.0°F — Dec 16, 1938 5.90 in — Dec 26, 1982

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