All-time weather records — Otterbein, IN

Record high
111.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-24.0°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
4.85 in
July 18, 1939

Climate change signal in Otterbein

12.3%

of Otterbein's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (45 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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
22
28
1910s
39
26
1920s
29
22
1930s
85
16
1940s
22
12
1950s
12
20
1960s
15
59
1970s
11
49
1980s
18
48
1990s
13
38
2000s
30
10
2010s
36
33
2020s
34
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 1901, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1901-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 20, 1906 -24.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 2.50 in — Jan 18, 1949
February 73.9°F — Feb 27, 2024 -23.1°F — Feb 26, 1963 2.96 in — Feb 26, 1936
March 87.1°F — Mar 22, 2012 -11.9°F — Mar 1, 1960 3.85 in — Mar 11, 1990
April 90.0°F — Apr 11, 1930 7.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.73 in — Apr 12, 1994
May 97.0°F — May 29, 2018 24.1°F — May 9, 2020 4.79 in — May 28, 2000
June 104.0°F — Jun 1, 1934 35.1°F — Jun 22, 1992 4.27 in — Jun 26, 1978
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 42.1°F — Jul 5, 1972 4.85 in — Jul 18, 1939
August 102.9°F — Aug 5, 1918 35.1°F — Aug 29, 1965 4.11 in — Aug 14, 1926
September 100.0°F — Sep 7, 1939 25.0°F — Sep 23, 1995 3.85 in — Sep 15, 1965
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 2023 18.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.12 in — Oct 22, 1983
November 79.0°F — Nov 9, 2023 -2.9°F — Nov 28, 1930 4.07 in — Nov 3, 1936
December 71.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -22.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.16 in — Dec 18, 1924

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