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Carbondale, IL

37.783°N, 89.245°W · station MDHthr · 129 years of record
69°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Carbondale.
76°WED9/276°THU9/376°FRI9/474°SAT9/572°SUN9/671°MON9/769°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low 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 coldest on record.

Ranks

#99 / 118
coldest Sep 8 in 118 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

38°F
set in 1988

Mildest Sep 8 ever

75°F
set in 1916
Forecast low 69°F — 99th coldest Sep 8 of 118 years · record 38°F (1988) · coldest since 2025.
1899: 69°F1900: 67°F1901: 61°F1902: 49°F1903: 41°F1904: 51°F1910: 70°F1911: 69°F1912: 67°F1913: 71°F1914: 70°F1915: 69°F1916: 75°F1917: 69°F1918: 48°F1919: 70°F1920: 60°F1921: 57°F1922: 70°F1923: 54°F1924: 53°F1925: 69°F1926: 63°F1927: 72°F1928: 51°F1929: 66°F1930: 66°F1931: 62°F1932: 47°F1933: 64°F1934: 58°F1935: 49°F1936: 69°F1937: 63°F1938: 68°F1939: 75°F1940: 54°F1941: 71°F1942: 70°F1943: 55°F1944: 52°F1945: 71°F1946: 64°F1947: 67°F1949: 60°F1950: 58°F1951: 53°F1952: 55°F1953: 47°F1954: 63°F1955: 60°F1956: 43°F1957: 59°F1958: 55°F1959: 68°F1960: 67°F1961: 68°F1962: 56°F1963: 65°F1964: 65°F1965: 62°F1966: 49°F1967: 64°F1968: 53°F1969: 62°F1970: 71°F1971: 68°F1972: 62°F1973: 64°F1974: 58°F1975: 52°F1976: 45°F1977: 61°F1978: 62°F1979: 51°F1980: 63°F1981: 56°F1983: 61°F1985: 64°F1986: 40°F1987: 66°F1988: 38°F1989: 64°F1990: 67°F1992: 65°F1993: 56°F1994: 53°F1995: 62°F1996: 64°F1997: 59°F1998: 55°F1999: 60°F2000: 57°F2001: 65°F2002: 63°F2003: 55°F2004: 64°F2005: 63°F2006: 52°F2007: 72°F2008: 60°F2009: 60°F2010: 61°F2011: 51°F2012: 61°F2013: 67°F2014: 49°F2015: 67°F2016: 69°F2017: 47°F2018: 63°F2019: 57°F2020: 68°F2021: 56°F2022: 56°F2023: 58°F2024: 48°F2025: 40°F69° forecast3540455055606570751900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 869°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record38°F
This-date rank#99 of 118
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-25°F (1977)
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

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

74 days
record run, ended Feb 9 1977

So far in 2026

51 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Carbondale's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 59°F · forecast is +10° 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 low 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 low

2026 So Far

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

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

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Carbondale — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
51 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 103rd most in 129 years. Normal for this point: 55. Record: 79 in 1900.

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