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Weather extremes

How extreme does Saint Charles's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Saint Charles 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 St Charles Elm Pt station 4 km away. Updated through May 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 Saint Charles has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
107°F Jul 16, 1980

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Saint Charles (typical high near 88°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 107°F Jul 16, 1980
2 107°F Aug 30, 1984
3 106°F Jul 2, 1980
❄️ Coldest night
-19°F Jan 11, 1982

About 41°F colder than a normal January night in Saint Charles (typical low near 22°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -19°F Jan 11, 1982
2 -18°F Dec 22, 1989
3 -18°F Dec 23, 1989
🌧️ Most rain in one day
9.20 in Jul 26, 2022

More rain in a single day than Saint Charles usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 4.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 9.20 in Jul 26, 2022recent
2 5.88 in Jul 7, 1987
3 5.86 in Dec 27, 2015
Most snow in one day
12.0 in Dec 20, 1973

Close to a whole typical December's snow in one day (Saint Charles averages about 2 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 12.0 in Dec 20, 1973
2 10.0 in Dec 31, 1973
3 10.0 in Jan 30, 1982

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 107°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Saint Charles's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 107°F is about 19°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, Saint Charles'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 107°F and as low as −19°F. A single day has delivered over 9 inches of rain or close to 12 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 ST Charles 7 Ssw (NOAA GHCN station USC00237398), about 12 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →