All-time weather records — Keenes, IL

Record high
114.1°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-22.0°F
February 10, 1899
Wettest day
6.17 in
August 16, 1946

Climate change signal in Keenes

6%

of Keenes's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 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 #
1890s
23
20
1900s
38
24
1910s
55
37
1920s
22
47
1930s
82
25
1940s
55
34
1950s
19
21
1960s
19
24
1970s
13
29
1980s
10
49
1990s
2
20
2000s
5
12
2010s
8
18
2020s
15
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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 24, 1943 -20.9°F — Jan 19, 1994 3.65 in — Jan 14, 1937
February 79.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -22.0°F — Feb 10, 1899 4.31 in — Feb 2, 1986
March 91.9°F — Mar 21, 1907 -9.9°F — Mar 4, 1978 4.05 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 91.0°F — Apr 11, 1930 17.1°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.79 in — Apr 29, 1996
May 99.0°F — May 21, 1941 28.9°F — May 1, 1903 5.03 in — May 17, 1990
June 105.1°F — Jun 25, 1914 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1924 4.10 in — Jun 22, 1897
July 114.1°F — Jul 14, 1936 46.0°F — Jul 23, 1947 4.40 in — Jul 16, 1956
August 111.0°F — Aug 17, 1936 42.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 6.17 in — Aug 16, 1946
September 105.1°F — Sep 15, 1939 23.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 4.25 in — Sep 2, 1931
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1938 18.0°F — Oct 24, 1981 4.36 in — Oct 26, 1919
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1938 -5.1°F — Nov 30, 1929 4.41 in — Nov 14, 1993
December 78.1°F — Dec 2, 1970 -18.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.00 in — Dec 20, 1957

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