All-time weather records — Rising Sun, IN

Record high
104.0°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-25.1°F
January 18, 1977
Wettest day
5.21 in
March 9, 1964

Climate change signal in Rising Sun

11.5%

of Rising Sun's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (42 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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 #
1940s
11
5
1950s
67
48
1960s
43
82
1970s
39
78
1980s
47
61
1990s
37
47
2000s
47
17
2010s
54
21
2020s
21
7

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 25, 1950 -25.1°F — Jan 18, 1977 3.97 in — Jan 21, 1959
February 79.0°F — Feb 20, 2018 -15.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 2.84 in — Feb 15, 1990
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -11.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.21 in — Mar 9, 1964
April 89.1°F — Apr 20, 1976 15.1°F — Apr 9, 1997 2.41 in — Apr 29, 1996
May 93.0°F — May 18, 1962 27.0°F — May 1, 1963 3.02 in — May 7, 1961
June 102.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 39.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 3.40 in — Jun 10, 2011
July 104.0°F — Jul 6, 2012 46.9°F — Jul 1, 2008 3.93 in — Jul 15, 1962
August 102.0°F — Aug 20, 1962 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1965 5.02 in — Aug 16, 2018
September 102.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 30.9°F — Sep 30, 1993 3.92 in — Sep 8, 2018
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 16.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.30 in — Oct 20, 1985
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 0.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.28 in — Nov 5, 1948
December 75.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -20.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.76 in — Dec 5, 2011

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