All-time weather records — Van Buren, IN

Record high
108.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-23.1°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
7.07 in
August 5, 1998

Climate change signal in Van Buren

6%

of Van Buren's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1890s
38
38
1900s
36
45
1910s
60
31
1920s
31
34
1930s
62
30
1940s
21
15
1950s
20
40
1960s
12
57
1970s
9
21
1980s
21
25
1990s
12
12
2000s
12
9
2010s
21
6
2020s
11
3

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 14, 1995 -23.1°F — Jan 20, 1985 2.70 in — Jan 21, 1959
February 75.9°F — Feb 22, 1922 -20.0°F — Feb 14, 1905 3.65 in — Feb 10, 1959
March 86.0°F — Mar 24, 1910 -11.0°F — Mar 10, 1984 2.63 in — Mar 1, 1955
April 95.0°F — Apr 26, 1899 5.0°F — Apr 4, 1982 4.17 in — Apr 19, 2013
May 100.0°F — May 27, 1911 26.1°F — May 4, 1903 3.30 in — May 26, 1989
June 102.9°F — Jun 1, 1934 34.0°F — Jun 3, 1894 5.65 in — Jun 9, 1958
July 108.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 43.0°F — Jul 2, 1904 5.00 in — Jul 4, 2003
August 102.9°F — Aug 6, 1918 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1965 7.07 in — Aug 5, 1998
September 102.0°F — Sep 1, 1951 28.0°F — Sep 26, 1928 4.54 in — Sep 27, 1933
October 91.9°F — Oct 6, 1946 15.1°F — Oct 30, 1895 3.56 in — Oct 12, 1901
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -5.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 2.50 in — Nov 30, 1927
December 71.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -22.0°F — Dec 28, 1924 3.08 in — Dec 30, 1990

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