All-time weather records — Watseka, IL

Record high
107.1°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-27.9°F
January 5, 1999
Wettest day
10.75 in
May 9, 1893

Climate change signal in Watseka

3.3%

of Watseka's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (12 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
53
31
1900s
54
61
1910s
58
26
1920s
·
·
1930s
14
1
1940s
33
15
1950s
27
24
1960s
13
41
1970s
11
45
1980s
30
46
1990s
19
33
2000s
24
15
2010s
28
26
2020s
2
2

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 1894, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 20, 1906 -27.9°F — Jan 5, 1999 3.57 in — Jan 8, 2008
February 73.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -27.0°F — Feb 10, 1982 2.45 in — Feb 21, 2018
March 86.0°F — Mar 24, 1910 -13.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 5.87 in — Mar 29, 1988
April 91.0°F — Apr 30, 1942 3.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 4.90 in — Apr 19, 1970
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1895 23.0°F — May 6, 1908 10.75 in — May 9, 1893
June 104.0°F — Jun 26, 1988 35.1°F — Jun 22, 1963 3.64 in — Jun 2, 1980
July 107.1°F — Jul 14, 1936 42.1°F — Jul 2, 1904 6.70 in — Jul 9, 1951
August 105.1°F — Aug 10, 1913 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1965 3.53 in — Aug 10, 1977
September 104.0°F — Sep 6, 1899 19.9°F — Sep 30, 1899 7.15 in — Sep 1, 1989
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 1897 5.0°F — Oct 23, 1907 2.75 in — Oct 22, 1983
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -9.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.88 in — Nov 2, 1982
December 71.1°F — Dec 4, 2012 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 5.00 in — Dec 20, 1895

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