All-time weather records — Paw Paw, IL

Record high
100.9°F
June 26, 1988
Record low
-33.0°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
6.92 in
June 24, 1994

Climate change signal in Paw Paw

17.2%

of Paw Paw's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (63 of 366 records since 2015).

11.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (42 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 #
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
4
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
67
69
1970s
42
87
1980s
52
59
1990s
44
55
2000s
61
43
2010s
53
43
2020s
43
10

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 1935, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1912-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 25, 1967 -27.0°F — Jan 30, 2019 3.50 in — Jan 24, 1938
February 75.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -33.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 2.95 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 82.9°F — Mar 22, 2012 -16.1°F — Mar 4, 2002 3.35 in — Mar 25, 1954
April 91.9°F — Apr 19, 2002 9.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.38 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 95.0°F — May 28, 2012 24.1°F — May 3, 2005 3.88 in — May 10, 1951
June 100.9°F — Jun 26, 1988 36.0°F — Jun 10, 1972 6.92 in — Jun 24, 1994
July 100.9°F — Jul 11, 1966 41.0°F — Jul 23, 2000 5.46 in — Jul 10, 2000
August 99.0°F — Aug 18, 1988 37.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 5.86 in — Aug 19, 2025
September 93.0°F — Sep 9, 1978 28.9°F — Sep 23, 1995 5.24 in — Sep 10, 1992
October 90.0°F — Oct 8, 2007 16.0°F — Oct 26, 1962 4.06 in — Oct 11, 1954
November 75.9°F — Nov 1, 1968 -7.1°F — Nov 29, 1976 2.85 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 68.0°F — Dec 4, 2012 -20.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 3.77 in — Dec 3, 1982

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