All-time weather records — Russellville, IL

Record high
108.0°F
June 28, 2012
Record low
-14.1°F
January 28, 2026
Wettest day
4.72 in
September 8, 2018

Climate change signal in Russellville

37.2%

of Russellville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (136 of 366 records since 2015).

29.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (109 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 #
1990s
27
57
2000s
120
142
2010s
141
108
2020s
78
59

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 1996, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 27, 1998 -14.1°F — Jan 28, 2026 2.41 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 78.1°F — Feb 20, 2018 -12.8°F — Feb 20, 2015 3.22 in — Feb 7, 2019
March 88.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 1.2°F — Mar 6, 2015 3.13 in — Mar 18, 2008
April 89.1°F — Apr 30, 2007 24.1°F — Apr 9, 1997 2.41 in — Apr 27, 2011
May 97.0°F — May 28, 2018 33.1°F — May 4, 2005 3.36 in — May 12, 2002
June 108.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 39.9°F — Jun 1, 2003 3.37 in — Jun 19, 2015
July 105.1°F — Jul 1, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 6, 2001 4.12 in — Jul 24, 2022
August 102.0°F — Aug 23, 2007 46.0°F — Aug 14, 2004 3.36 in — Aug 14, 2016
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 2011 34.0°F — Sep 24, 2012 4.72 in — Sep 8, 2018
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 23.2°F — Oct 31, 2023 4.69 in — Oct 15, 2001
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 5.2°F — Nov 13, 2019 3.38 in — Nov 15, 2005
December 73.0°F — Dec 3, 2012 -11.0°F — Dec 25, 2004 3.23 in — Dec 21, 2013

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