All-time weather records — Covington, IN

Record high
105.1°F
August 18, 1988
Record low
-26.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
4.26 in
August 16, 2016

Climate change signal in Covington

23.2%

of Covington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (85 of 366 records since 2015).

20.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (74 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 #
1980s
80
121
1990s
59
94
2000s
80
49
2010s
107
66
2020s
40
36

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 1982, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1981-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 8, 2008 -26.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.43 in — Jan 11, 2020
February 73.9°F — Feb 26, 2000 -20.9°F — Feb 10, 1982 2.21 in — Feb 27, 1997
March 84.9°F — Mar 22, 2012 -9.9°F — Mar 6, 2015 2.13 in — Mar 11, 1990
April 89.1°F — Apr 30, 1987 10.0°F — Apr 7, 1994 2.57 in — Apr 12, 1994
May 98.1°F — May 29, 2018 28.0°F — May 4, 2005 2.66 in — May 13, 2002
June 102.0°F — Jun 26, 1988 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1993 4.04 in — Jun 11, 2014
July 104.0°F — Jul 7, 2012 0.0°F — Jul 28, 1996 3.13 in — Jul 21, 1989
August 105.1°F — Aug 18, 1988 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.26 in — Aug 16, 2016
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 2011 25.0°F — Sep 23, 1995 3.65 in — Sep 1, 2003
October 93.9°F — Oct 8, 2007 21.0°F — Oct 13, 1988 2.39 in — Oct 14, 2001
November 81.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 0.0°F — Nov 8, 1991 2.82 in — Nov 19, 1985
December 72.0°F — Dec 4, 2012 -23.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.96 in — Dec 27, 2015

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