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Carbondale, IL

37.783°N, 89.245°W · station MDHthr · 129 years of record
99°F
forecast high · Sep 1

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Carbondale.
99°TUE9/198°WED9/298°THU9/398°FRI9/498°SAT9/594°SUN9/692°MON9/7

This Day in History

Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Carbondale — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.

Ranks

#4 / 118
warmest Sep 1 in 118 yrs of record

Warmest Sep 1 ever

103°F
set in 1953

Coolest Sep 1 ever

72°F
set in 1946
Forecast high 99°F — 4th warmest Sep 1 of 118 years · record 103°F (1953) · warmest since 1953.
1899: 94°F1900: 92°F1901: 81°F1902: 88°F1910: 87°F1911: 92°F1912: 98°F1913: 101°F1914: 95°F1915: 82°F1916: 86°F1917: 90°F1918: 86°F1919: 89°F1920: 86°F1921: 88°F1922: 86°F1923: 81°F1924: 97°F1925: 100°F1926: 91°F1927: 93°F1928: 82°F1929: 93°F1930: 93°F1931: 88°F1932: 93°F1933: 85°F1934: 90°F1935: 82°F1936: 93°F1937: 98°F1938: 90°F1939: 97°F1940: 91°F1941: 91°F1942: 90°F1943: 99°F1944: 77°F1945: 91°F1946: 72°F1947: 97°F1949: 77°F1950: 75°F1951: 95°F1952: 94°F1953: 103°F1954: 86°F1955: 81°F1956: 86°F1957: 91°F1958: 77°F1959: 85°F1960: 95°F1961: 88°F1962: 76°F1963: 86°F1964: 87°F1965: 78°F1966: 89°F1967: 75°F1968: 80°F1969: 89°F1970: 90°F1971: 85°F1972: 86°F1973: 88°F1974: 84°F1975: 81°F1976: 81°F1977: 91°F1978: 82°F1979: 85°F1980: 92°F1981: 89°F1982: 89°F1983: 91°F1984: 95°F1985: 84°F1986: 81°F1987: 80°F1988: 82°F1989: 91°F1990: 88°F1991: 93°F1992: 85°F1993: 85°F1994: 78°F1995: 96°F1997: 91°F1998: 84°F1999: 95°F2000: 90°F2001: 82°F2002: 91°F2003: 85°F2004: 84°F2005: 89°F2006: 80°F2007: 88°F2008: 90°F2009: 76°F2010: 90°F2011: 97°F2012: 91°F2013: 87°F2014: 83°F2015: 88°F2016: 87°F2017: 76°F2018: 87°F2019: 84°F2020: 85°F2021: 85°F2022: 87°F2023: 83°F2024: 88°F2025: 86°F99° forecast7075808590951001051900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Sep 199°F
Hottest this date since1953
This-date record103°F
This-date rank#4 of 118
Hottest at any time since2023
All-time record113°F (1930)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1898–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Carbondale in each calendar month, and for the whole 1898–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan76°FJan 24, 1943-25°FJan 11, 1977
Feb79°FFeb 24, 1982-22°FFeb 2, 1951
Mar93°FMar 23, 1910-11°FMar 5, 1978
Apr92°FApr 28, 191520°FApr 1, 1954
May101°FMay 28, 191129°FMay 1, 1903
Jun107°FJun 29, 201239°FJun 16, 1917
Jul112°FJul 22, 190142°FJul 6, 1972
Aug113°FAug 9, 193041°FAug 12, 1902
Sep108°FSep 4, 192520°FSep 30, 1899
Oct96°FOct 3, 192216°FOct 29, 1952
Nov88°FNov 1, 1933-1°FNov 30, 1929
Dec77°FDec 3, 1982-14°FDec 22, 1989
All-time113°FAug 9, 1930-25°FJan 11, 1977

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Carbondale so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

6 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

84°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 6, 1900

Coldest high ever

-3°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 23, 1989
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan63°FJan 12, 20050°FJan 17, 1977
Feb65°FFeb 27, 2024-2°FFeb 12, 1899
Mar69°FMar 25, 192920°FMar 2, 1980
Apr71°FApr 30, 196233°FApr 3, 1899
May76°FMay 29, 191847°FMay 3, 1945
Jun80°FJun 22, 191460°FJun 3, 1945
Jul82°FJul 23, 190066°FJul 15, 1990
Aug84°FAug 6, 190065°FAug 30, 1915
Sep78°FSep 15, 193156°FSep 16, 1993
Oct73°FOct 5, 194135°FOct 29, 1925
Nov70°FNov 2, 193622°FNov 30, 1929
Dec65°FDec 15, 1948-3°FDec 23, 1989
All-time84°FAug 6, 1900-3°FDec 23, 1989

Hot Streaks

Current run

2 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

52 days
record run, ended Aug 2 1921

So far in 2026

30 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Carbondale's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 86°F · forecast is +13° vs normal.
Jan: 42°FJan: 24°FFeb: 47°FFeb: 28°FMar: 57°FMar: 36°FApr: 68°FApr: 45°FMay: 77°FMay: 55°FJun: 85°FJun: 64°FJul: 88°FJul: 68°FAug: 87°FAug: 65°FSep: 81°FSep: 56°FOct: 70°FOct: 45°FNov: 56°FNov: 35°FDec: 46°FDec: 28°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:27 AM
Sunset6:27 PM
Solar noon11:57 AM
Daylight13h 00m · losing 16 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

37.78°N, 89.25°W

Nearby Stations

Paducah, KY56 mi SESt Louis, MO90 mi NWPoplar Bluff, MO91 mi SWEvansville, IN96 mi ESpringfield, IL144 mi NJonesboro, AR155 mi SW

The Last 6 Weeks

Carbondale's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Carbondale, IL — last six weeks of daily high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Carbondale's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Carbondale, IL — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1898

Each cell is one day's high at Carbondale, coloured by temperature — 129 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Carbondale, IL daily high heat map 1898–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Carbondale — counted through Sep 1 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
30 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 95th most in 129 years. Normal for this point: 42. Record: 82 in 1914.

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