All-time weather records — Fulton, IL

Record high
102.0°F
July 25, 2005
Record low
-33.0°F
January 16, 2009
Wettest day
5.33 in
July 22, 2017

Climate change signal in Fulton

18%

of Fulton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (66 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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 #
1930s
18
1
1940s
37
48
1950s
37
40
1960s
39
60
1970s
22
49
1980s
53
27
1990s
30
45
2000s
38
64
2010s
51
26
2020s
41
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 1938, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1938-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 24, 1950 -33.0°F — Jan 16, 2009 1.55 in — Jan 30, 1947
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -27.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.72 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 82.9°F — Mar 20, 2012 -14.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.77 in — Mar 5, 1976
April 91.0°F — Apr 23, 1980 12.9°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.58 in — Apr 15, 2012
May 96.1°F — May 28, 2018 30.0°F — May 3, 2005 3.80 in — May 17, 1974
June 98.1°F — Jun 21, 1988 39.9°F — Jun 5, 1993 4.23 in — Jun 17, 1973
July 102.0°F — Jul 25, 2005 45.0°F — Jul 20, 1997 5.33 in — Jul 22, 2017
August 102.0°F — Aug 18, 1988 39.9°F — Aug 20, 2000 5.22 in — Aug 7, 1967
September 96.1°F — Sep 2, 1953 26.1°F — Sep 21, 1999 4.13 in — Sep 14, 1961
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 1971 12.9°F — Oct 29, 1952 3.50 in — Oct 31, 1960
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 2000 -5.1°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.66 in — Nov 17, 1952
December 71.1°F — Dec 16, 2021 -22.0°F — Dec 26, 2000 3.07 in — Dec 27, 1942

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