All-time weather records — Cookeville, TN

Record high
105.1°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-22.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.25 in
September 18, 2012

Climate change signal in Cookeville

12.6%

of Cookeville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (46 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
40
2
1910s
16
21
1920s
48
47
1930s
61
32
1940s
33
24
1950s
2
17
1960s
11
64
1970s
17
34
1980s
32
57
1990s
17
26
2000s
31
25
2010s
39
12
2020s
19
5

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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 13, 2015 -22.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.15 in — Jan 24, 2002
February 82.0°F — Feb 24, 2023 -13.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.65 in — Feb 6, 2004
March 87.1°F — Mar 24, 1929 -0.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.42 in — Mar 28, 2021
April 96.1°F — Apr 12, 1896 19.9°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.69 in — Apr 28, 2011
May 98.1°F — May 3, 1942 28.9°F — May 1, 1963 5.27 in — May 7, 1984
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 5.21 in — Jun 29, 1928
July 105.1°F — Jul 28, 1930 44.1°F — Jul 15, 1938 4.59 in — Jul 3, 2015
August 105.1°F — Aug 8, 1930 43.0°F — Aug 31, 1946 3.57 in — Aug 16, 1964
September 104.0°F — Sep 5, 1925 33.1°F — Sep 15, 1940 6.25 in — Sep 18, 2012
October 96.1°F — Oct 17, 1938 1.0°F — Oct 25, 2020 4.43 in — Oct 7, 2021
November 88.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 1.9°F — Nov 2, 2019 4.80 in — Nov 27, 1973
December 77.0°F — Dec 12, 2007 -13.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.43 in — Dec 13, 1998

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