All-time weather records — Bluff City, TN

Record high
102.9°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-20.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
3.65 in
October 16, 1964

Climate change signal in Bluff City

20.2%

of Bluff City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (74 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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
13
13
1940s
62
52
1950s
63
36
1960s
17
72
1970s
25
41
1980s
37
51
1990s
21
34
2000s
27
33
2010s
71
23
2020s
30
11

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 1938, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1937-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 -20.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.38 in — Jan 15, 2013
February 82.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -15.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.60 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 84.9°F — Mar 18, 1943 -2.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.95 in — Mar 27, 1994
April 90.0°F — Apr 19, 1941 21.0°F — Apr 1, 1964 2.89 in — Apr 19, 2019
May 93.9°F — May 22, 1941 16.0°F — May 16, 1938 2.86 in — May 26, 1997
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 3.10 in — Jun 13, 1954
July 102.0°F — Jul 28, 1952 45.0°F — Jul 23, 1947 2.85 in — Jul 31, 1982
August 100.9°F — Aug 18, 1988 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 3.50 in — Aug 7, 2003
September 100.0°F — Sep 6, 1954 33.1°F — Sep 29, 1942 3.21 in — Sep 29, 1944
October 93.9°F — Oct 3, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 3.65 in — Oct 16, 1964
November 84.0°F — Nov 6, 2022 5.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 2.35 in — Nov 28, 1948
December 78.1°F — Dec 7, 1951 -9.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 2.66 in — Dec 4, 1993

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