All-time weather records — La Fayette, IL

Record high
111.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-32.1°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
9.15 in
August 20, 1924

Climate change signal in La Fayette

3.8%

of La Fayette's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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
34
36
1900s
17
42
1910s
41
42
1920s
32
28
1930s
85
25
1940s
27
38
1950s
24
24
1960s
16
23
1970s
7
25
1980s
17
19
1990s
19
17
2000s
20
18
2010s
20
24
2020s
7
5

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 1893, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 24, 1909 -32.1°F — Jan 31, 2019 2.60 in — Jan 24, 1938
February 73.9°F — Feb 28, 2024 -27.9°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.16 in — Feb 20, 1997
March 86.0°F — Mar 24, 1910 -11.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.60 in — Mar 25, 1954
April 93.0°F — Apr 10, 1930 9.0°F — Apr 5, 1920 4.74 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 105.1°F — May 31, 1934 21.9°F — May 2, 2005 3.02 in — May 26, 1932
June 105.1°F — Jun 2, 1934 34.0°F — Jun 6, 1894 4.25 in — Jun 22, 1974
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 44.1°F — Jul 22, 1947 6.10 in — Jul 7, 1982
August 105.1°F — Aug 18, 1936 37.9°F — Aug 30, 1915 9.15 in — Aug 20, 1924
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 1953 19.0°F — Sep 30, 2003 3.85 in — Sep 28, 2019
October 93.9°F — Oct 31, 1909 9.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.84 in — Oct 10, 1954
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 -7.1°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.06 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 70.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 28, 1924 2.75 in — Dec 9, 2003

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