All-time weather records — Central City, IL

Record high
115.0°F
July 22, 1901
Record low
°F
March 1,
Wettest day
6.82 in
August 15, 1946

Climate change signal in Central City

0%

of Central City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 365 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 of 365 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
10
9
1900s
293
300
1940s
55
29
1950s
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1960s
·
·
1970s
7
27
1980s
·
·
1990s
·
·
2000s
·
·
2010s
·
·
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 1899, the latest in 1979. Period of observation: 1899-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 28, 1903 0.0°F — Jan 12, 1903 2.41 in — Jan 30, 1969
February 70.0°F — Feb 14, 1972 — 2.95 in — Feb 1, 1988
March 80.1°F — Mar 17, 1903 9.0°F — Mar 17, 1900 4.30 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 93.0°F — Apr 29, 1901 28.0°F — Apr 12, 1900 4.91 in — Apr 5, 2025
May 95.0°F — May 21, 1902 28.0°F — May 1, 1903 4.35 in — May 8, 2008
June 105.1°F — Jun 23, 1901 39.9°F — Jun 12, 1903 3.40 in — Jun 24, 2000
July 115.0°F — Jul 22, 1901 50.0°F — Jul 26, 1900 6.46 in — Jul 10, 1967
August 108.0°F — Aug 2, 1901 50.0°F — Aug 1, 1901 6.82 in — Aug 15, 1946
September 99.0°F — Sep 6, 1901 33.1°F — Sep 13, 1902 6.00 in — Sep 20, 1954
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 1900 17.1°F — Oct 1, 1903 4.72 in — Oct 19, 2025
November 89.1°F — Nov 11, 1902 10.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 3.86 in — Nov 2, 1972
December 66.0°F — Dec 1, 1899 -11.0°F — Dec 20, 1901 3.12 in — Dec 30, 1990

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