All-time weather records — Urbana, IL

Record high
109.0°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-25.1°F
January 5, 1999
Wettest day
5.32 in
August 12, 1993

Climate change signal in Urbana

10.4%

of Urbana's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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 #
1900s
16
64
1910s
35
51
1920s
19
46
1930s
70
28
1940s
19
26
1950s
53
18
1960s
19
17
1970s
13
17
1980s
30
36
1990s
14
26
2000s
20
10
2010s
39
19
2020s
19
8

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 1904, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1902-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 23, 1909 -25.1°F — Jan 5, 1999 2.47 in — Jan 11, 2020
February 75.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -25.1°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.18 in — Feb 21, 2018
March 84.9°F — Mar 21, 1907 -9.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 2.93 in — Mar 13, 1917
April 91.0°F — Apr 11, 1930 0.0°F — Apr 20, 2026 3.09 in — Apr 20, 1964
May 97.0°F — May 31, 1934 26.1°F — May 1, 1903 4.50 in — May 26, 1921
June 102.9°F — Jun 2, 1934 37.0°F — Jun 4, 1945 3.89 in — Jun 19, 1983
July 109.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 41.0°F — Jul 2, 1904 4.43 in — Jul 30, 1987
August 102.0°F — Aug 17, 1988 39.0°F — Aug 31, 1915 5.32 in — Aug 12, 1993
September 102.0°F — Sep 1, 2011 28.9°F — Sep 28, 1942 3.91 in — Sep 15, 1931
October 93.0°F — Oct 3, 1954 12.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.72 in — Oct 21, 1983
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 -5.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.07 in — Nov 2, 1936
December 71.1°F — Dec 3, 2012 -20.0°F — Dec 24, 1983 2.74 in — Dec 7, 1966

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Urbana.