All-time weather records — Elizabethtown, IL

Record high
107.1°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-22.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
6.14 in
August 24, 1985

Climate change signal in Elizabethtown

6.6%

of Elizabethtown's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1960s
15
4
1970s
50
37
1980s
88
136
1990s
88
90
2000s
65
33
2010s
52
60
2020s
8
6

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 1968, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1968-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 24, 1972 -22.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 4.52 in — Jan 13, 2013
February 77.0°F — Feb 23, 1982 -11.9°F — Feb 4, 1996 3.31 in — Feb 15, 1990
March 84.9°F — Mar 26, 2007 -5.1°F — Mar 6, 2015 5.87 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 90.0°F — Apr 21, 1987 16.0°F — Apr 3, 1987 4.69 in — Apr 15, 1972
May 91.9°F — May 25, 1996 24.1°F — May 26, 1988 4.16 in — May 2, 2011
June 107.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1993 5.02 in — Jun 23, 1969
July 106.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 42.1°F — Jul 1, 2010 4.42 in — Jul 2, 1989
August 104.0°F — Aug 5, 2010 28.9°F — Aug 16, 2011 6.14 in — Aug 24, 1985
September 100.0°F — Sep 5, 1999 32.0°F — Sep 23, 1995 4.51 in — Sep 2, 2012
October 93.9°F — Oct 3, 2019 18.0°F — Oct 8, 1987 4.60 in — Oct 12, 2009
November 84.0°F — Nov 2, 2000 3.0°F — Nov 13, 1986 3.29 in — Nov 1, 2018
December 75.9°F — Dec 2, 1982 -17.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.96 in — Dec 3, 1982

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