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Weather extremes

How extreme does Edwardsville's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Edwardsville has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Alton - Melvin Price L&D station 18 km away. Updated through June 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Edwardsville has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
109°F Aug 21, 1996

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Edwardsville (typical high near 86°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 109°F Aug 21, 1996
2 106°F Jul 2, 1980
3 106°F Jul 8, 2012
❄️ Coldest night
-16°F Jan 10, 1982

About 38°F colder than a normal January night in Edwardsville (typical low near 22°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -16°F Jan 10, 1982
2 -16°F Jan 11, 1982
3 -16°F Dec 25, 1983
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.70 in Apr 23, 1996

More rain in a single day than Edwardsville usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 4.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.70 in Apr 23, 1996
2 6.14 in Apr 29, 1996
3 5.55 in Dec 27, 2015
Most snow in one day
13.0 in Mar 8, 1978

The three most extreme on record

1 13.0 in Mar 8, 1978
2 12.0 in Feb 26, 1993
3 12.0 in Mar 25, 2013

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 109°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Edwardsville's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 109°F is about 23°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Edwardsville's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 109°F and as low as −16°F. A single day has delivered over 8 inches of rain or close to 13 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Alton - Melvin Price L&d (NOAA GHCN station USC00110137), about 18 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →