All-time weather records — Wheeling, MO

Record high
109.9°F
July 8, 2012
Record low
-26.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
7.16 in
August 17, 2009

Climate change signal in Wheeling

19.4%

of Wheeling's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (71 of 366 records since 2015).

18.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (68 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 #
1910s
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1920s
·
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1930s
·
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1940s
·
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1950s
·
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1960s
·
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1970s
·
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1980s
66
128
1990s
53
82
2000s
81
58
2010s
123
62
2020s
43
36

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 1980, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1915-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 29, 2013 -20.0°F — Jan 10, 1982 2.50 in — Jan 25, 1990
February 78.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -17.0°F — Feb 6, 2014 2.00 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 91.9°F — Mar 22, 2026 -6.0°F — Mar 3, 2014 3.76 in — Mar 25, 1920
April 93.0°F — Apr 26, 2012 10.9°F — Apr 2, 2018 3.20 in — Apr 18, 2013
May 98.1°F — May 28, 2018 30.9°F — May 3, 2005 3.90 in — May 28, 1915
June 108.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 44.1°F — Jun 1, 2001 4.60 in — Jun 6, 1916
July 109.9°F — Jul 8, 2012 50.0°F — Jul 5, 1997 6.00 in — Jul 12, 1915
August 109.0°F — Aug 29, 1984 41.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 7.16 in — Aug 17, 2009
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 30.0°F — Sep 23, 1983 6.43 in — Sep 14, 1998
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 2006 19.0°F — Oct 20, 2022 5.35 in — Oct 5, 1998
November 81.0°F — Nov 8, 1980 -9.0°F — Nov 8, 1991 3.94 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 75.0°F — Dec 4, 2012 -26.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.86 in — Dec 15, 1971

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