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Central Illinois
Weather Forecast Office
| Rank | Warmest (°F) |
Season | Rank | Coldest (°F |
Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 62.5 | 1931 | 1 | 49.7 | 1976 |
| 2 | 61.4 | 2016 | 2 | 50.4 | 1880 |
| 3 | 60.0 | 1938 | 3 | 51.2 | 1889 |
| 4 (tie) | 59.4 | 2015 | 4 | 51.7 | 1996 |
| 4 (tie) | 59.4 | 1963 | 5 | 51.8 | 1951 |
| 6 | 59.2 | 1971 | 6 | 51.9 | 1993 |
| 7 | 59.1 | 1939 | 7 | 52.0 | 1888 |
| 8 (tie) | 59.0 | 1941 | 8 | 52.2 | 1917 |
| 8 (tie) | 59.0 | 1897 | 9 | 52.3 | 1967 |
| 8 (tie) | 59.0 | 1884 | 10 (tie) | 52.4 | 1896, 1929 |
| Rank | Wettest (in.) |
Season | Rank | Driest (in.) |
Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24.55 | 1926 | 1 | 2.67 | 1917 |
| 2 | 23.73 | 1941 | 2 | 2.68 | 1908 |
| 3 | 23.38 | 1881 | 3 (tie) | 3.32 | 1979 |
| 4 | 16.98 | 2009 | 3 (tie) | 3.32 | 1963 |
| 5 | 15.91 | 1898 | 5 | 3.55 | 1890 |
| 6 | 15.78 | 1911 | 6 | 3.59 | 1939 |
| 7 | 14.58 | 1927 | 7 | 3.70 | 1956 |
| 8 | 14.15 | 1986 | 8 (tie) | 3.88 | 1953 |
| 9 | 14.07 | 1991 | 8 (tie) | 3.88 | 1893 |
| 10 | 13.94 | 2019 | 10 | 3.98 | 1940 |
| Rank | Greatest (in.) | Season |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.2 | 1951 |
| 2 | 8.5 | 1975 |
| 3 | 8.4 | 1926 |
| 4 | 7.6 | 1932 |
| 5 | 6.8 | 1974 |
| 6 | 6.4 | 1977 |
| 7 | 6.1 | 2004 |
| 8 | 5.5 | 1961 |
| 9 | 5.4 | 1972 |
| 10 (tie) | 5.1 | 1941, 1895 |
Records began in July 1879
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Central Illinois
1362 State Route 10
Lincoln, IL 62656
217-732-7321 (forecast recording) or 217-732-3089
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