All-time weather records — Wanatah, IN

Record high
105.1°F
June 26, 1988
Record low
-26.0°F
January 5, 1999
Wettest day
5.83 in
July 2, 1983

Climate change signal in Wanatah

15.8%

of Wanatah's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (58 of 366 records since 2015).

12.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (47 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 #
1960s
51
62
1970s
44
67
1980s
65
44
1990s
58
71
2000s
50
39
2010s
75
73
2020s
23
10

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 1961, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1961-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 8, 2008 -26.0°F — Jan 5, 1999 2.95 in — Jan 8, 2008
February 72.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -20.9°F — Feb 1, 2019 2.70 in — Feb 13, 2025
March 87.1°F — Mar 22, 2012 -13.0°F — Mar 1, 2015 1.88 in — Mar 9, 1998
April 90.0°F — Apr 26, 1986 5.0°F — Apr 1, 2005 2.15 in — Apr 19, 1975
May 98.1°F — May 28, 2012 26.1°F — May 1, 1978 2.56 in — May 15, 2020
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 1988 33.1°F — Jun 6, 1998 3.82 in — Jun 8, 1961
July 102.0°F — Jul 7, 2012 39.9°F — Jul 23, 2019 5.83 in — Jul 2, 1983
August 100.9°F — Aug 17, 1988 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1965 5.20 in — Aug 5, 2008
September 96.1°F — Sep 2, 2011 27.0°F — Sep 25, 1999 4.22 in — Sep 28, 2019
October 89.1°F — Oct 1, 1971 18.0°F — Oct 30, 1988 3.12 in — Oct 5, 2023
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 2003 1.9°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.53 in — Nov 28, 1990
December 70.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -20.0°F — Dec 22, 2008 3.45 in — Dec 25, 1965

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