All-time weather records — Albion, IA

Record high
102.0°F
July 25, 2012
Record low
-27.8°F
January 16, 2009
Wettest day
4.89 in
May 26, 2013

Climate change signal in Albion

38%

of Albion's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (139 of 366 records since 2015).

34.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (125 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 #
1990s
41
51
2000s
108
140
2010s
127
105
2020s
90
70

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 1996, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 26, 2002 -27.8°F — Jan 16, 2009 0.83 in — Jan 22, 2018
February 78.1°F — Feb 26, 2024 -22.9°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.56 in — Feb 6, 2009
March 88.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -15.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.97 in — Mar 6, 2026
April 88.0°F — Apr 14, 2003 11.1°F — Apr 7, 2018 4.25 in — Apr 26, 2009
May 100.0°F — May 27, 2018 21.9°F — May 3, 2005 4.89 in — May 26, 2013
June 100.0°F — Jun 27, 2012 -0.8°F — Jun 28, 2010 2.85 in — Jun 25, 2005
July 102.0°F — Jul 25, 2012 35.1°F — Jul 9, 2008 3.27 in — Jul 6, 2015
August 100.0°F — Aug 23, 2023 41.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 3.84 in — Aug 11, 2016
September 100.0°F — Sep 9, 2013 27.1°F — Sep 23, 2012 3.20 in — Sep 3, 2018
October 93.0°F — Oct 3, 1997 10.9°F — Oct 27, 1997 2.35 in — Oct 24, 2021
November 80.1°F — Nov 13, 1999 -6.9°F — Nov 12, 2019 4.06 in — Nov 4, 2003
December 73.0°F — Dec 15, 2021 -23.1°F — Dec 25, 2000 1.84 in — Dec 13, 2015

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