All-time weather records — Evansville, IN

Record high
109.0°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-17.0°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
5.74 in
July 2, 1980

Climate change signal in Evansville

5.5%

of Evansville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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 #
1940s
4
·
1950s
147
50
1960s
50
117
1970s
30
82
1980s
47
53
1990s
13
21
2000s
36
21
2010s
28
19
2020s
11
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 1949, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1949-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 25, 1950 -17.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 2.94 in — Jan 4, 1950
February 81.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -8.0°F — Feb 4, 1996 2.83 in — Feb 2, 1986
March 86.0°F — Mar 31, 1981 1.9°F — Mar 5, 1960 5.63 in — Mar 9, 1964
April 91.9°F — Apr 28, 1951 21.0°F — Apr 15, 2007 5.47 in — Apr 29, 1996
May 98.1°F — May 26, 1953 28.9°F — May 1, 1963 3.60 in — May 8, 1961
June 108.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 12, 2015 3.77 in — Jun 9, 1986
July 109.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 46.0°F — Jul 23, 2011 5.74 in — Jul 2, 1980
August 104.0°F — Aug 31, 1953 44.1°F — Aug 29, 1965 4.00 in — Aug 26, 2005
September 107.1°F — Sep 1, 1953 37.0°F — Sep 23, 1974 5.34 in — Sep 23, 2006
October 97.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 21.9°F — Oct 24, 1981 4.85 in — Oct 29, 2020
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 1.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.10 in — Nov 15, 2005
December 78.1°F — Dec 2, 1982 -15.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.45 in — Dec 22, 2013

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