All-time weather records — Gays, IL

Record high
111.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-26.0°F
January 24, 1915
Wettest day
5.52 in
June 27, 1957

Climate change signal in Gays

5.5%

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

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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 #
1900s
21
35
1910s
78
67
1920s
40
63
1930s
57
23
1940s
20
29
1950s
42
29
1960s
15
34
1970s
10
19
1980s
23
23
1990s
17
16
2000s
19
7
2010s
14
17
2020s
10
4

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 1905, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1904-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 23, 1909 -26.0°F — Jan 24, 1915 3.10 in — Jan 3, 1950
February 75.9°F — Feb 28, 2004 -24.0°F — Feb 18, 1910 2.61 in — Feb 11, 2009
March 89.1°F — Mar 23, 1910 -7.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 4.09 in — Mar 14, 1922
April 90.0°F — Apr 11, 1930 19.0°F — Apr 1, 1954 3.41 in — Apr 19, 2013
May 97.0°F — May 30, 1913 27.0°F — May 25, 1925 4.10 in — May 4, 1908
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 1954 35.1°F — Jun 16, 1917 5.52 in — Jun 27, 1957
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 43.0°F — Jul 2, 1904 4.62 in — Jul 10, 1971
August 107.1°F — Aug 5, 1918 37.0°F — Aug 31, 1915 3.63 in — Aug 20, 1915
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 1954 26.1°F — Sep 28, 1942 4.62 in — Sep 3, 2010
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 1922 16.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 4.75 in — Oct 27, 1919
November 84.0°F — Nov 28, 1965 -6.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.30 in — Nov 27, 1910
December 72.0°F — Dec 15, 1948 -20.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.50 in — Dec 7, 1966

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