All-time weather records — Bedford, KY

Record high
109.9°F
July 15, 1936
Record low
-20.0°F
February 13, 1899
Wettest day
5.16 in
September 27, 2002

Climate change signal in Bedford

0%

of Bedford's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1890s
9
33
1900s
26
49
1910s
38
45
1920s
31
55
1930s
126
39
1940s
45
27
1950s
39
18
1960s
5
24
1970s
15
21
1980s
18
21
1990s
8
23
2000s
6
11
2010s
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2020s
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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 1895, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1892-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 24, 1943 -17.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 4.10 in — Jan 7, 1895
February 81.0°F — Feb 10, 1932 -20.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 3.35 in — Feb 22, 1897
March 91.0°F — Mar 25, 1929 -2.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 3.10 in — Mar 1, 1997
April 95.0°F — Apr 23, 1925 7.0°F — Apr 5, 2007 3.02 in — Apr 21, 2002
May 102.0°F — May 28, 1911 27.0°F — May 1, 1963 4.09 in — May 8, 1927
June 107.1°F — Jun 28, 1944 37.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.00 in — Jun 23, 1960
July 109.9°F — Jul 15, 1936 28.0°F — Jul 19, 1998 3.68 in — Jul 30, 2020
August 108.0°F — Aug 19, 1936 21.9°F — Aug 25, 1993 4.97 in — Aug 8, 1992
September 108.0°F — Sep 3, 1953 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 5.16 in — Sep 27, 2002
October 100.0°F — Oct 8, 1939 17.1°F — Oct 29, 1925 5.00 in — Oct 18, 2004
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 0.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.15 in — Nov 25, 2010
December 77.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -18.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.17 in — Dec 15, 1948

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