All-time weather records — Big Sandy, TN

Record high
105.1°F
July 7, 2012
Record low
-5.1°F
January 17, 2024
Wettest day
9.50 in
September 27, 2002

Climate change signal in Big Sandy

24%

of Big Sandy's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (88 of 366 records since 2015).

25.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (94 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 #
1990s
38
47
2000s
142
161
2010s
144
92
2020s
42
66

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 1997, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1997-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 4, 2004 -5.1°F — Jan 17, 2024 3.35 in — Jan 3, 2023
February 80.1°F — Feb 24, 2012 0.0°F — Feb 10, 2011 3.00 in — Feb 9, 2003
March 87.1°F — Mar 16, 2016 8.1°F — Mar 6, 2015 3.84 in — Mar 10, 2016
April 91.0°F — Apr 19, 2006 19.9°F — Apr 12, 2003 3.67 in — Apr 6, 2025
May 93.9°F — May 27, 2012 34.0°F — May 1, 2005 3.62 in — May 26, 1998
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 25.0°F — Jun 1, 2003 3.48 in — Jun 4, 1998
July 105.1°F — Jul 7, 2012 53.1°F — Jul 5, 2014 3.62 in — Jul 5, 2017
August 105.1°F — Aug 16, 2007 45.0°F — Aug 2, 1999 3.73 in — Aug 27, 2023
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 2011 34.0°F — Sep 26, 2001 9.50 in — Sep 27, 2002
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 12, 2011 3.40 in — Oct 6, 2013
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 2000 12.9°F — Nov 13, 2019 6.54 in — Nov 28, 2001
December 78.1°F — Dec 4, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 23, 2022 3.87 in — Dec 19, 2002

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