All-time weather records — Barbourville, KY

Record high
106.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-22.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
6.00 in
January 7, 2022

Climate change signal in Barbourville

10.4%

of Barbourville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
128
58
1960s
48
97
1970s
27
66
1980s
36
65
1990s
20
45
2000s
46
21
2010s
38
10
2020s
23
4

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1951, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1936-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 1, 1952 -22.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 6.00 in — Jan 7, 2022
February 80.1°F — Feb 24, 2023 -20.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.88 in — Feb 16, 2025
March 87.1°F — Mar 21, 2012 -5.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.98 in — Mar 12, 1963
April 91.9°F — Apr 28, 1956 17.1°F — Apr 9, 2007 3.22 in — Apr 17, 1998
May 96.1°F — May 30, 2006 25.0°F — May 3, 1965 4.25 in — May 7, 1984
June 106.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1997 3.62 in — Jun 29, 1999
July 105.1°F — Jul 1, 2012 39.9°F — Jul 7, 1996 3.07 in — Jul 10, 1986
August 102.0°F — Aug 16, 1954 35.1°F — Aug 15, 1991 2.46 in — Aug 5, 2009
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 1954 33.1°F — Sep 25, 1963 4.10 in — Sep 29, 1964
October 96.1°F — Oct 2, 2019 12.0°F — Oct 29, 1987 2.58 in — Oct 17, 1989
November 82.9°F — Nov 5, 1977 1.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 2.91 in — Nov 27, 1973
December 79.0°F — Dec 31, 1951 -11.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.18 in — Dec 22, 2021

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Barbourville.