All-time weather records — Albany, IL

Record high
109.0°F
July 13, 1936
Record low
-29.0°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
8.71 in
September 9, 1927

Climate change signal in Albany

8.2%

of Albany's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (30 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
23
37
1900s
17
49
1910s
46
51
1920s
34
40
1930s
71
27
1940s
26
13
1950s
22
24
1960s
12
32
1970s
14
23
1980s
26
27
1990s
14
19
2000s
17
12
2010s
23
12
2020s
21
·

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 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 27, 1944 -29.0°F — Jan 31, 2019 2.18 in — Jan 12, 1960
February 77.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -29.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 1.78 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 87.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -15.0°F — Mar 3, 2014 2.77 in — Mar 4, 1976
April 93.9°F — Apr 10, 1930 7.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.00 in — Apr 21, 1973
May 102.0°F — May 31, 1934 24.1°F — May 3, 2005 3.08 in — May 23, 1907
June 107.1°F — Jun 30, 1910 37.0°F — Jun 12, 1903 4.80 in — Jun 17, 1973
July 109.0°F — Jul 13, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 1, 1902 4.53 in — Jul 19, 1963
August 107.1°F — Aug 8, 1906 39.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 4.48 in — Aug 7, 1927
September 102.9°F — Sep 1, 1913 19.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 8.71 in — Sep 9, 1927
October 95.0°F — Oct 30, 1894 7.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 3.55 in — Oct 10, 1954
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1933 -8.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.39 in — Nov 17, 1952
December 73.9°F — Dec 15, 2021 -27.0°F — Dec 21, 1963 2.25 in — Dec 27, 1904

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