All-time weather records — Lima, OH

Record high
109.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-20.9°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.08 in
August 21, 2007

Climate change signal in Lima

7.9%

of Lima's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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
25
40
1910s
29
50
1920s
17
29
1930s
82
52
1940s
29
41
1950s
41
26
1960s
20
53
1970s
14
28
1980s
34
20
1990s
19
9
2000s
14
2
2010s
26
14
2020s
16
2

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 1901, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1901-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 21, 1906 -20.9°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.48 in — Jan 14, 1937
February 72.0°F — Feb 25, 2000 -16.1°F — Feb 14, 1905 2.34 in — Feb 10, 1959
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -8.0°F — Mar 12, 1948 3.35 in — Mar 25, 1913
April 89.1°F — Apr 11, 1930 8.1°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.40 in — Apr 1, 1904
May 95.0°F — May 27, 1911 24.1°F — May 10, 1966 2.76 in — May 31, 2015
June 102.9°F — Jun 29, 2012 34.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.93 in — Jun 16, 2015
July 109.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 43.0°F — Jul 10, 1963 4.02 in — Jul 16, 1915
August 102.9°F — Aug 9, 1934 36.0°F — Aug 29, 1965 5.08 in — Aug 21, 2007
September 100.9°F — Sep 15, 1939 27.0°F — Sep 26, 1940 4.40 in — Sep 22, 2021
October 99.0°F — Oct 22, 1989 17.1°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.03 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 -2.9°F — Nov 30, 1958 2.63 in — Nov 19, 2017
December 70.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -17.0°F — Dec 21, 1989 2.96 in — Dec 1, 2006

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