Peoria Climate -- Top 10 Lists for July, August, September

Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. Read More >

July, August, September

*July*
Rank	Warmest (°F)	Years	Rank	Coldest (°F)	Years	Rank	Wettest (ins.)	Years	Rank	Driest (ins.)	Years
1	84.3	1936	1	70.7	2009	1	10.15	1993	1	0.33	1988
2	82.7	1887	2	71.2	1971	2	9.18	1990	2	0.35	1991
3 (tie)	82.4	2012	3	71.3	1924	3	9.05	2020	3	0.46	1913
3 (tie)	82.4	1901	4	71.5	1909	4	8.72	1895	4 (tie)	0.47	1898
5	81.3	1893	5 (tie)	71.9	1967	5	8.42	1958	4 (tie)	0.47	1886
6 (tie)	81.0	1934	5 (tie)	71.9	1915	6	8.19	1992	6	0.50	1940
6 (tie)	81.0	1916	7 (tie)	72.0	1996	7	8.18	1948	7	0.57	1945
8	80.9	1955	7 (tie)	72.0	1962	8	7.64	1889	8	0.65	1955
9	80.7	2011	7 (tie)	72.0	1960	9	7.53	1982	9	0.72	1890
10	80.3	1885	10	72.1	1905	10	7.25	1902	10	0.79	1946

*August*
Rank	Warmest (°F)	Years	Rank	Coldest (°F)	Years	Rank	Wettest (ins.)	Years	Rank	Driest (ins.)	Years
1	82.0	1947	1	67.2	1915	1	8.61	1965	1	0.25	1992
2	80.8	1983	2 (tie)	68.1	2004	2	8.56	1954	2	0.33	2013
3	80.5	1900	2 (tie)	68.1	1967	3	7.45	2016	3	0.44	1893
4	80.3	1936	4 (tie)	68.5	1992	4	7.42	1902	4	0.57	1883
5	79.4	1995	4 (tie)	68.5	1927	5	7.38	1993	5	0.59	2020
6	78.9	1886	6	68.9	1986	6	7.28	1977	6	0.68	1910
7	78.5	1988	7	69.0	1950	7	7.22	1903	7	0.72	1922
8 (tie)	78.3	2007	8	69.9	1946	8	7.15	1924	8	0.73	1892
8 (tie)	78.3	1937	9 (tie)	70.2	1985	9	6.94	2014	9	0.78	1984
10 (tie)	77.8	1913, 1959	9 (tie)	70.2	1966	10	6.79	1926	10	0.79	1909

*September*
Rank	Warmest (°F)	Years	Rank	Coldest (°F)	Years	Rank	Wettest (ins.)	Years	Rank	Driest (ins.)	Years
1	73.5	2015	1	58.2	1918	1	13.09	1961	1	0.03	1979
2	73.4	1884	2	60.4	1949	2	12.34	2008	2	0.41	1956
3	73.0	1931	3	60.5	1924	3	12.30	1911	3	0.54	2017
4	72.6	1933	4	60.9	1975	4	11.55	1926	4	0.72	2024
5	72.3	2019	5	61.1	1974	5	11.49	1970	5	0.78	2002
6 (tie)	71.8	1939	6	61.3	1928	6	10.58	1936	6	0.79	2022
6 (tie)	71.8	1897	7	61.4	1993	7	8.17	1965	7	0.82	1908
8	71.7	1925	8	62.0	1943	8	7.68	2019	8	0.85	1939
9	71.6	2005	9	62.2	1989	9	7.58	1973	9	0.88	1943
10	71.3	2021	10	62.3	1951	10	7.56	1993	10 (tie)	0.93	1954, 1897

Records began in 1883