All-time weather records — Dresden, TN

Record high
104.0°F
August 5, 1964
Record low
-17.0°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
6.95 in
March 2, 1997

Climate change signal in Dresden

7.1%

of Dresden's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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 #
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
16
23
1960s
104
105
1970s
55
113
1980s
83
56
1990s
29
36
2000s
42
23
2010s
11
3
2020s
26
7

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 1958, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1924-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 25, 1972 -17.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 5.30 in — Jan 9, 1930
February 81.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -5.1°F — Feb 17, 1958 4.07 in — Feb 14, 1989
March 88.0°F — Mar 31, 1963 0.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 6.95 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 90.0°F — Apr 17, 1977 21.9°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.31 in — Apr 6, 2025
May 96.1°F — May 20, 1987 33.1°F — May 10, 1966 4.80 in — May 17, 2002
June 100.0°F — Jun 27, 1988 43.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.80 in — Jun 8, 1945
July 102.0°F — Jul 17, 1980 48.0°F — Jul 31, 1971 6.73 in — Jul 20, 1975
August 104.0°F — Aug 5, 1964 46.9°F — Aug 13, 1964 6.50 in — Aug 22, 1971
September 100.9°F — Sep 7, 1960 35.1°F — Sep 29, 1967 3.83 in — Sep 3, 1932
October 91.9°F — Oct 12, 1963 23.0°F — Oct 24, 1981 3.55 in — Oct 2, 1925
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1984 10.0°F — Nov 22, 1964 4.53 in — Nov 29, 2001
December 78.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -11.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.75 in — Dec 18, 1990

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