All-time weather records — Crab Orchard, TN

Record high
102.0°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
-20.9°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
6.29 in
May 27, 1973

Climate change signal in Crab Orchard

13.1%

of Crab Orchard's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (48 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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 #
1950s
60
69
1960s
46
111
1970s
38
51
1980s
69
57
1990s
46
31
2000s
35
16
2010s
50
23
2020s
22
8

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 1954, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1954-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 1, 2022 -20.9°F — Jan 20, 1985 4.42 in — Jan 23, 2002
February 79.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -16.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.96 in — Feb 5, 2020
March 82.9°F — Mar 22, 2026 -2.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.76 in — Mar 15, 2025
April 88.0°F — Apr 27, 1986 19.9°F — Apr 7, 2007 4.17 in — Apr 12, 2020
May 91.0°F — May 13, 1962 27.0°F — May 4, 1976 6.29 in — May 27, 1973
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 33.1°F — Jun 3, 1956 3.80 in — Jun 28, 1972
July 100.9°F — Jul 16, 1980 46.0°F — Jul 10, 1961 4.81 in — Jul 2, 2015
August 99.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 42.1°F — Aug 22, 1956 3.81 in — Aug 9, 1991
September 99.0°F — Sep 5, 1954 33.1°F — Sep 21, 1956 3.72 in — Sep 16, 2004
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 31, 1954 3.74 in — Oct 8, 1977
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 5.0°F — Nov 29, 1955 4.36 in — Nov 30, 1996
December 73.0°F — Dec 27, 2015 -17.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.27 in — Dec 22, 1990

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