All-time weather records — Kirkwood, IL

Record high
100.0°F
July 24, 2012
Record low
-25.1°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
4.10 in
September 13, 2008

Climate change signal in Kirkwood

38%

of Kirkwood's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (139 of 366 records since 2015).

29%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (106 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 #
1990s
55
78
2000s
108
105
2010s
112
134
2020s
91
49

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 1995, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1995-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 5, 1997 -23.1°F — Jan 5, 1999 1.80 in — Jan 28, 2006
February 78.1°F — Feb 28, 2024 -25.1°F — Feb 3, 1996 2.52 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 86.0°F — Mar 27, 2026 -11.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 2.01 in — Mar 31, 1998
April 90.0°F — Apr 19, 2002 12.9°F — Apr 2, 2018 3.80 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 99.0°F — May 28, 2018 28.0°F — May 4, 2011 3.09 in — May 29, 2019
June 96.1°F — Jun 15, 2022 41.0°F — Jun 1, 2012 3.72 in — Jun 22, 2016
July 100.0°F — Jul 24, 2012 46.0°F — Jul 5, 1997 3.63 in — Jul 17, 2015
August 99.0°F — Aug 27, 2003 43.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 3.01 in — Aug 23, 2002
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 28.9°F — Sep 23, 1995 4.10 in — Sep 13, 2008
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 1997 19.9°F — Oct 19, 2022 3.28 in — Oct 5, 1998
November 80.1°F — Nov 2, 2000 1.0°F — Nov 28, 2014 2.07 in — Nov 8, 2011
December 73.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -17.0°F — Dec 25, 2000 3.92 in — Dec 10, 2003

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