All-time weather records — Fort Branch, IN

Record high
113.0°F
July 13, 1936
Record low
-20.0°F
February 9, 1899
Wettest day
10.50 in
August 6, 1905

Climate change signal in Fort Branch

4.9%

of Fort Branch's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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
9
12
1900s
25
42
1910s
75
53
1920s
36
38
1930s
89
23
1940s
19
32
1950s
29
29
1960s
21
44
1970s
5
31
1980s
12
29
1990s
5
11
2000s
8
3
2010s
22
16
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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 24, 1943 -18.9°F — Jan 20, 1985 3.80 in — Jan 14, 1937
February 78.1°F — Feb 10, 1932 -20.0°F — Feb 9, 1899 5.50 in — Feb 14, 1908
March 91.0°F — Mar 24, 1929 -7.1°F — Mar 6, 1960 4.89 in — Mar 9, 1964
April 91.9°F — Apr 9, 2001 21.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.32 in — Apr 4, 2006
May 100.0°F — May 28, 1911 28.0°F — May 1, 1903 4.70 in — May 8, 1961
June 106.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 32.0°F — Jun 23, 1918 4.00 in — Jun 17, 2019
July 113.0°F — Jul 13, 1936 46.0°F — Jul 27, 1962 8.29 in — Jul 26, 1979
August 108.0°F — Aug 8, 1930 43.0°F — Aug 31, 1915 10.50 in — Aug 6, 1905
September 105.1°F — Sep 6, 1899 27.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 4.85 in — Sep 26, 2007
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 1919 18.0°F — Oct 30, 1982 4.01 in — Oct 6, 2013
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 -2.9°F — Nov 30, 1929 4.29 in — Nov 14, 1993
December 75.9°F — Dec 11, 1931 -15.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 5.80 in — Dec 21, 2013

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