All-time weather records — Catlin, IL

Record high
111.9°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-26.0°F
January 17, 1982
Wettest day
6.24 in
June 8, 2015

Climate change signal in Catlin

6%

of Catlin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
29
24
1900s
5
18
1910s
54
29
1920s
34
50
1930s
74
60
1940s
24
45
1950s
41
26
1960s
11
32
1970s
13
24
1980s
20
28
1990s
13
13
2000s
12
5
2010s
23
10
2020s
13
2

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 -26.0°F — Jan 17, 1982 2.55 in — Jan 11, 2020
February 73.9°F — Feb 25, 2000 -22.0°F — Feb 10, 1982 2.45 in — Feb 22, 1990
March 86.0°F — Mar 26, 2026 -13.0°F — Mar 6, 1960 3.10 in — Mar 13, 1917
April 93.9°F — Apr 27, 1896 12.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 4.06 in — Apr 19, 1970
May 102.9°F — May 22, 1925 25.0°F — May 10, 1966 3.92 in — May 17, 1943
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 1954 36.0°F — Jun 4, 1945 6.24 in — Jun 8, 2015
July 111.9°F — Jul 14, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 23, 1947 5.08 in — Jul 21, 1949
August 107.1°F — Aug 5, 1918 37.0°F — Aug 30, 1946 5.40 in — Aug 4, 1968
September 102.0°F — Sep 5, 1899 21.9°F — Sep 29, 1899 3.70 in — Sep 1, 2003
October 98.1°F — Oct 13, 1940 12.9°F — Oct 30, 1895 4.62 in — Oct 12, 1969
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -6.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.71 in — Nov 1, 1992
December 72.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -25.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.23 in — Dec 28, 2015

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