All-time weather records — Elgin, OH

Record high
109.9°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-24.0°F
January 15, 1893
Wettest day
6.35 in
August 21, 2007

Climate change signal in Elgin

6.3%

of Elgin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
40
57
1900s
2
8
1920s
21
45
1930s
98
66
1940s
32
30
1950s
30
29
1960s
22
46
1970s
15
23
1980s
30
19
1990s
20
12
2000s
18
7
2010s
24
21
2020s
14
3

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 71.1°F — Jan 25, 1950 -24.0°F — Jan 15, 1893 2.56 in — Jan 19, 2024
February 73.9°F — Feb 26, 2000 -18.0°F — Feb 9, 1899 3.63 in — Feb 10, 1959
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -15.0°F — Mar 12, 1948 2.78 in — Mar 21, 1948
April 90.0°F — Apr 11, 1930 9.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 2.60 in — Apr 11, 2013
May 100.0°F — May 31, 1934 21.9°F — May 1, 1943 3.55 in — May 17, 2019
June 104.0°F — Jun 26, 1988 26.1°F — Jun 26, 1986 3.55 in — Jun 27, 1934
July 109.9°F — Jul 14, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 1, 1943 3.92 in — Jul 18, 1996
August 102.9°F — Aug 22, 1936 37.0°F — Aug 29, 1965 6.35 in — Aug 21, 2007
September 105.1°F — Sep 14, 1939 6.1°F — Sep 3, 1993 4.22 in — Sep 10, 1997
October 93.0°F — Oct 8, 1939 12.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 5.30 in — Oct 9, 1950
November 79.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -2.0°F — Nov 27, 1930 2.95 in — Nov 17, 1958
December 71.1°F — Dec 2, 1982 -18.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.50 in — Dec 13, 1901

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