All-time weather records — Elizabeth, IL

Record high
102.9°F
July 7, 2012
Record low
-35.0°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
9.52 in
July 28, 2011

Climate change signal in Elizabeth

29.5%

of Elizabeth's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (108 of 366 records since 2015).

13.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (50 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 #
1980s
65
99
1990s
87
155
2000s
49
36
2010s
91
53
2020s
74
23

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 1984, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1984-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 7, 2008 -35.0°F — Jan 31, 2019 0.94 in — Jan 28, 2006
February 72.0°F — Feb 23, 2017 -35.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.73 in — Feb 20, 2018
March 84.9°F — Mar 30, 1986 -20.0°F — Mar 1, 2015 2.72 in — Mar 14, 1985
April 88.0°F — Apr 26, 1986 9.0°F — Apr 5, 1995 3.19 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 96.1°F — May 28, 2018 21.0°F — May 3, 2005 2.49 in — May 25, 2008
June 100.9°F — Jun 21, 1988 33.1°F — Jun 1, 1993 5.54 in — Jun 9, 2018
July 102.9°F — Jul 7, 2012 39.0°F — Jul 2, 1995 9.52 in — Jul 28, 2011
August 102.0°F — Aug 18, 1988 23.0°F — Aug 5, 1986 3.25 in — Aug 7, 1998
September 97.0°F — Sep 10, 2013 19.0°F — Sep 23, 1995 3.21 in — Sep 23, 2000
October 91.0°F — Oct 4, 1997 9.0°F — Oct 27, 1997 2.48 in — Oct 2, 2019
November 77.0°F — Nov 2, 2000 -2.0°F — Nov 7, 1991 1.93 in — Nov 1, 1985
December 71.1°F — Dec 16, 2021 -29.0°F — Dec 25, 2000 2.73 in — Dec 18, 2008

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