All-time weather records — Elgin, IL

Record high
102.9°F
July 1, 1910
Record low
-27.0°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
6.47 in
July 24, 2010

Climate change signal in Elgin

19.1%

of Elgin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (70 of 366 records since 2015).

7.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (28 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
7
15
1900s
11
13
1910s
75
65
1920s
40
56
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
11
54
1980s
34
56
1990s
41
39
2000s
51
28
2010s
58
32
2020s
38
8

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 1898, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 8, 2008 -27.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 2.67 in — Jan 24, 1938
February 73.9°F — Feb 28, 2024 -25.1°F — Feb 1, 2019 3.17 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 82.9°F — Mar 21, 2012 -9.0°F — Mar 1, 2015 2.97 in — Mar 25, 1954
April 91.0°F — Apr 27, 1986 10.9°F — Apr 2, 1987 3.44 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 97.0°F — May 28, 2018 5.0°F — May 22, 1987 3.84 in — May 25, 1922
June 100.9°F — Jun 26, 1988 36.0°F — Jun 1, 2003 5.00 in — Jun 25, 1898
July 102.9°F — Jul 1, 1910 41.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 6.47 in — Jul 24, 2010
August 102.0°F — Aug 12, 1918 37.9°F — Aug 31, 1915 4.93 in — Aug 22, 2002
September 99.0°F — Sep 4, 1925 25.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 3.75 in — Sep 13, 2008
October 89.1°F — Oct 4, 2025 10.9°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.32 in — Oct 11, 1954
November 75.9°F — Nov 2, 2016 -7.1°F — Nov 29, 1976 3.18 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 71.1°F — Dec 5, 2004 -24.0°F — Dec 24, 1983 2.60 in — Dec 3, 1982

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