All-time weather records — Bardstown, KY

Record high
105.1°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-26.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.72 in
March 1, 1997

Climate change signal in Bardstown

4.1%

of Bardstown's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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 #
1950s
132
59
1960s
65
101
1970s
52
83
1980s
47
39
1990s
13
39
2000s
31
20
2010s
20
21
2020s
6
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 1950, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1950-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 26, 1967 -26.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 3.91 in — Jan 8, 1978
February 79.0°F — Feb 14, 1962 -20.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 3.42 in — Feb 15, 1989
March 84.9°F — Mar 15, 1977 -8.0°F — Mar 6, 1960 5.72 in — Mar 1, 1997
April 93.0°F — Apr 27, 1983 19.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 4.98 in — Apr 28, 1970
May 93.9°F — May 17, 1977 27.0°F — May 1, 1963 4.79 in — May 2, 2010
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 0.0°F — Jun 3, 1989 3.60 in — Jun 21, 1956
July 105.1°F — Jul 14, 1954 46.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 4.17 in — Jul 4, 2016
August 105.1°F — Aug 20, 1983 43.0°F — Aug 13, 1964 3.37 in — Aug 28, 2005
September 102.9°F — Sep 1, 1953 33.1°F — Sep 24, 1983 4.79 in — Sep 21, 1979
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 1953 19.0°F — Oct 22, 1952 4.60 in — Oct 8, 2017
November 84.9°F — Nov 2, 1961 -5.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.27 in — Nov 30, 2019
December 78.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -20.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.14 in — Dec 8, 1978

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