All-time weather records — St. Elmo, IL

Record high
100.9°F
August 16, 2007
Record low
-24.0°F
January 17, 1994
Wettest day
3.85 in
September 3, 1993

Climate change signal in St. Elmo

0%

of St. Elmo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
151
260
2000s
215
106

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 1992, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1992-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 3, 2004 -24.0°F — Jan 17, 1994 2.46 in — Jan 3, 2005
February 75.9°F — Feb 25, 2000 -16.1°F — Feb 3, 1996 2.94 in — Feb 11, 2009
March 81.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 3.0°F — Mar 8, 1996 3.13 in — Mar 19, 2008
April 87.1°F — Apr 19, 2002 19.9°F — Apr 7, 1994 2.42 in — Apr 22, 1996
May 93.0°F — May 17, 2001 28.9°F — May 16, 1997 2.91 in — May 8, 2008
June 98.1°F — Jun 20, 1994 39.9°F — Jun 6, 1998 3.74 in — Jun 7, 2008
July 100.0°F — Jul 14, 1995 50.0°F — Jul 31, 1997 2.29 in — Jul 5, 2007
August 100.9°F — Aug 16, 2007 42.1°F — Aug 8, 1997 3.09 in — Aug 9, 2006
September 97.0°F — Sep 9, 2002 28.9°F — Sep 24, 1995 3.85 in — Sep 3, 1993
October 91.9°F — Oct 6, 2007 19.9°F — Oct 22, 1997 1.79 in — Oct 17, 2006
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1999 12.0°F — Nov 27, 1996 3.60 in — Nov 14, 1993
December 68.0°F — Dec 6, 1998 -6.0°F — Dec 20, 2000 1.56 in — Dec 19, 1995

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