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Carbondale, IL 37.783°N, 89.245°W · station MDHthr · 129 years of record
93°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2020
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Carbondale.
86° MON 7/13 88° TUE 7/14 89° WED 7/15 90° THU 7/16 92° FRI 7/17 93° SAT 7/18 92° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #38 / 121
warmest Jul 18 in 121 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 104°F
set in 1913
Coolest Jul 18 ever 75°F
set in 2003
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Carbondale. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
75 90 104 1899: 89°F 1900: 82°F 1901: 102°F 1902: 96°F 1903: 88°F 1904: 90°F 1910: 85°F 1911: 90°F 1912: 92°F 1913: 104°F 1914: 88°F 1915: 95°F 1916: 97°F 1917: 87°F 1918: 91°F 1919: 93°F 1920: 90°F 1921: 98°F 1922: 89°F 1923: 97°F 1924: 88°F 1925: 90°F 1926: 100°F 1927: 92°F 1928: 93°F 1929: 94°F 1930: 101°F 1931: 94°F 1932: 99°F 1933: 81°F 1934: 102°F 1935: 99°F 1936: 96°F 1937: 83°F 1938: 80°F 1939: 98°F 1940: 89°F 1941: 99°F 1942: 91°F 1943: 90°F 1944: 87°F 1945: 87°F 1946: 100°F 1947: 87°F 1948: 91°F 1949: 89°F 1950: 86°F 1951: 95°F 1952: 91°F 1953: 91°F 1954: 102°F 1955: 86°F 1956: 90°F 1957: 95°F 1958: 91°F 1959: 88°F 1960: 85°F 1961: 91°F 1962: 86°F 1963: 93°F 1964: 93°F 1965: 94°F 1966: 99°F 1967: 88°F 1968: 90°F 1969: 91°F 1970: 91°F 1971: 88°F 1972: 90°F 1973: 87°F 1974: 90°F 1975: 89°F 1976: 85°F 1977: 96°F 1978: 90°F 1979: 84°F 1980: 100°F 1981: 90°F 1982: 91°F 1983: 93°F 1984: 90°F 1985: 87°F 1987: 91°F 1988: 97°F 1989: 86°F 1990: 89°F 1991: 93°F 1992: 87°F 1993: 92°F 1994: 86°F 1995: 92°F 1996: 87°F 1997: 90°F 1998: 88°F 1999: 91°F 2000: 80°F 2001: 91°F 2002: 86°F 2003: 75°F 2004: 87°F 2005: 88°F 2006: 92°F 2007: 92°F 2008: 91°F 2009: 75°F 2010: 87°F 2011: 93°F 2012: 99°F 2013: 94°F 2014: 82°F 2015: 93°F 2016: 91°F 2017: 92°F 2018: 87°F 2019: 92°F 2020: 94°F 2021: 78°F 2022: 87°F 2023: 83°F 2024: 85°F 2025: 88°F 93° forecast 1899 1913 2025 Forecast high · Jul 18 93°F Hottest this date since 2020 This-date record 104°F This-date rank #38 of 121
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 113°F (1930) Odds to tie/break 2.0% (daily) Period of record 1898–2026
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.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 76°F 1943 -25°F 1977 Feb 79°F 1982 -22°F 1951 Mar 93°F 1910 -11°F 1978 Apr 92°F 1915 20°F 1954 May 101°F 1911 29°F 1903 Jun 107°F 2012 39°F 1917 Jul 112°F 1901 42°F 1972 Aug 113°F 1930 41°F 1902 Sep 108°F 1925 20°F 1899 Oct 96°F 1922 16°F 1952 Nov 88°F 1933 -1°F 1929 Dec 77°F 1982 -14°F 1989 All-time 113°F 1930 -25°F 1977
Records set or tied at Carbondale so far this year — through Jul 10.
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
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 52 days
record run, ended Aug 2 1921
So far in 2026 11 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Carbondale's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 89°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 42°F Jan: 24°F Feb: 47°F Feb: 28°F Mar: 57°F Mar: 36°F Apr: 68°F Apr: 45°F May: 77°F May: 55°F Jun: 85°F Jun: 64°F Jul: 88°F Jul: 68°F Aug: 87°F Aug: 65°F Sep: 81°F Sep: 56°F Oct: 70°F Oct: 45°F Nov: 56°F Nov: 35°F Dec: 46°F Dec: 28°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:45 AM Sunset 7:20 PM Solar noon 12:03 PM Daylight 14h 34m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 37.78°N, 89.25°W 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.
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.
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.
How many days a year hit a given high at Carbondale — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
11 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 99th most in 129 years. Normal for this point: 18 . Record: 49 in 1911.
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