All-time weather records — Sulphur, LA

Record high
97.0°F
June 21, 1972
Record low
°F
January 1,
Wettest day
12.30 in
May 16, 1980

Climate change signal in Sulphur

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of Sulphur's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 90 records since 2015).

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of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 of 90 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 #
1970s
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90
1980s
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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 1972, the latest in 1972. Period of observation: 1972-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 4.90 in — Jan 20, 1979
February 4.50 in — Feb 2, 1988
March 6.25 in — Mar 29, 2017
April 87.1°F — Apr 17, 1972 4.45 in — Apr 30, 1992
May 93.9°F — May 27, 1972 54.0°F — May 5, 1972 12.30 in — May 16, 1980
June 97.0°F — Jun 21, 1972 61.0°F — Jun 2, 1972 8.37 in — Jun 1, 1974
July 6.20 in — Jul 16, 2008
August 6.00 in — Aug 26, 2020
September 9.15 in — Sep 24, 2005
October 8.50 in — Oct 8, 2020
November 7.00 in — Nov 16, 1987
December 6.50 in — Dec 3, 2016

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