All-time weather records — Dickson, TN

Record high
109.9°F
July 12, 1930
Record low
-45.0°F
April 6, 2008
Wettest day
11.60 in
August 21, 2021

Climate change signal in Dickson

2.5%

of Dickson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (9 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1900s
29
40
1910s
31
56
1920s
45
35
1930s
104
24
1940s
25
27
1950s
48
15
1960s
16
25
1970s
5
14
1980s
27
43
1990s
9
24
2000s
15
46
2010s
8
13
2020s
4
4

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 1900, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1900-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 14, 1937 -23.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 5.31 in — Jan 20, 1935
February 82.0°F — Feb 23, 1996 -14.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 7.10 in — Feb 6, 2019
March 93.0°F — Mar 24, 1929 -0.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 6.02 in — Mar 12, 1975
April 95.0°F — Apr 4, 1934 -45.0°F — Apr 6, 2008 4.25 in — Apr 3, 2025
May 98.1°F — May 21, 1941 28.9°F — May 2, 1909 7.30 in — May 1, 2010
June 109.0°F — Jun 28, 1936 37.9°F — Jun 16, 1917 4.02 in — Jun 14, 1949
July 109.9°F — Jul 12, 1930 37.9°F — Jul 7, 2003 4.68 in — Jul 12, 2020
August 109.9°F — Aug 9, 1930 42.1°F — Aug 14, 1989 11.60 in — Aug 21, 2021
September 108.0°F — Sep 5, 1954 9.0°F — Sep 5, 2014 6.08 in — Sep 13, 1979
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 1953 19.9°F — Oct 14, 1921 3.90 in — Oct 15, 2018
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1922 -2.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.60 in — Nov 7, 2017
December 78.1°F — Dec 31, 1951 -13.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.14 in — Dec 3, 1978

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