All-time weather records — Golden, IL

Record high
105.1°F
July 12, 1966
Record low
-23.1°F
January 5, 1999
Wettest day
5.95 in
July 22, 1951

Climate change signal in Golden

0%

of Golden's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
2
18
1950s
·
·
1960s
92
93
1970s
86
112
1980s
90
78
1990s
46
44
2000s
50
21

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 1946, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1913-2008.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 22, 1967 -23.1°F — Jan 5, 1999 2.50 in — Jan 1, 1965
February 75.9°F — Mar 1, 1972 -20.0°F — Feb 6, 1978 3.00 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 89.1°F — Mar 4, 1996 -14.1°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.81 in — Mar 11, 1939
April 93.0°F — Apr 26, 1986 12.9°F — Apr 6, 1982 2.64 in — Apr 5, 1965
May 93.0°F — May 18, 1964 28.9°F — May 10, 1966 3.60 in — May 8, 1996
June 100.9°F — Jun 26, 1988 21.9°F — Jun 16, 1946 5.00 in — Jun 29, 1998
July 105.1°F — Jul 12, 1966 45.0°F — Jul 4, 1967 5.95 in — Jul 22, 1951
August 102.9°F — Aug 16, 2007 39.9°F — Aug 31, 1967 4.36 in — Aug 26, 2004
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1990 30.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 3.74 in — Sep 10, 1937
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 2006 19.0°F — Oct 19, 1972 4.30 in — Oct 5, 1955
November 80.1°F — Nov 11, 1964 -14.1°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.65 in — Nov 19, 1985
December 71.1°F — Dec 3, 1970 -22.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.10 in — Dec 2, 1982

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