All-time weather records — Smithfield, IL

Record high
106.0°F
July 25, 2005
Record low
-22.0°F
February 4, 2014
Wettest day
5.87 in
April 18, 2013

Climate change signal in Smithfield

36.1%

of Smithfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (132 of 366 records since 2015).

38.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (142 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
124
108
2010s
180
198
2020s
62
60

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 2003, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 2000-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.9°F — Jan 3, 2004 -20.0°F — Jan 15, 2009 1.63 in — Jan 31, 2002
February 77.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -22.0°F — Feb 4, 2014 2.09 in — Feb 20, 2018
March 84.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -11.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 3.00 in — Mar 8, 2009
April 90.0°F — Apr 2, 2012 3.9°F — Apr 3, 2018 5.87 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 96.1°F — May 29, 2018 30.0°F — May 4, 2005 4.79 in — May 27, 2013
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 46.0°F — Jun 1, 2012 2.81 in — Jun 8, 2014
July 106.0°F — Jul 25, 2005 48.0°F — Jul 28, 2013 5.15 in — Jul 11, 2017
August 102.0°F — Aug 27, 2003 46.0°F — Aug 13, 2004 4.43 in — Aug 23, 2002
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 2011 34.0°F — Sep 15, 2007 4.30 in — Sep 8, 2013
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 2006 23.0°F — Oct 26, 2013 2.86 in — Oct 23, 2004
November 80.1°F — Nov 11, 2020 1.9°F — Nov 12, 2019 2.44 in — Nov 30, 2006
December 75.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -9.9°F — Dec 7, 2005 2.33 in — Dec 10, 2003

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