All-time weather records — Sailor Springs, IL

Record high
107.1°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-14.1°F
January 7, 2014
Wettest day
5.64 in
August 9, 2006

Climate change signal in Sailor Springs

42.3%

of Sailor Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (155 of 366 records since 2015).

36.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (134 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 #
2000s
122
154
2010s
150
138
2020s
94
74

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 2000, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2000-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -14.1°F — Jan 7, 2014 2.50 in — Jan 13, 2013
February 78.1°F — Feb 28, 2024 -9.0°F — Feb 1, 2004 1.93 in — Feb 6, 2008
March 88.0°F — Mar 23, 2026 1.9°F — Mar 6, 2015 3.72 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 89.1°F — Apr 18, 2002 23.0°F — Apr 3, 2021 3.80 in — Apr 5, 2025
May 95.0°F — May 29, 2012 34.0°F — May 18, 2002 4.17 in — May 8, 2008
June 105.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 1, 2003 4.70 in — Jun 20, 2015
July 107.1°F — Jul 6, 2012 51.1°F — Jul 28, 2013 3.87 in — Jul 18, 2022
August 102.0°F — Aug 8, 2012 46.9°F — Aug 12, 2004 5.64 in — Aug 9, 2006
September 100.9°F — Sep 2, 2011 36.0°F — Sep 25, 2001 4.32 in — Sep 2, 2012
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 28, 2001 3.78 in — Oct 3, 2014
November 82.9°F — Nov 2, 2000 6.1°F — Nov 13, 2019 2.61 in — Nov 18, 2015
December 72.0°F — Dec 3, 2021 -7.1°F — Dec 23, 2022 2.30 in — Dec 27, 2015

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