All-time weather records — Elkhorn City, KY

Record high
96.1°F
August 17, 2007
Record low
0.0°F
January 24, 2005
Wettest day
2.87 in
July 26, 2009

Climate change signal in Elkhorn City

0%

of Elkhorn City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1990s
13
15
2000s
333
304
2010s
20
47

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 1999, the latest in 2011. Period of observation: 1999-2011.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 0.0°F — Jan 24, 2005 1.71 in — Jan 3, 2004
February 75.9°F — Feb 1, 2002 1.9°F — Feb 6, 2007 2.10 in — Feb 16, 2003
March 84.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 12.0°F — Mar 5, 2002 2.01 in — Mar 6, 2004
April 89.1°F — Apr 3, 2010 21.0°F — Apr 7, 2007 2.32 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 90.0°F — May 2, 2007 30.0°F — May 1, 2008 2.62 in — May 3, 2002
June 93.0°F — Jun 7, 2008 39.9°F — Jun 2, 2003 1.68 in — Jun 27, 2006
July 91.9°F — Jul 22, 2005 48.9°F — Jul 1, 2010 2.87 in — Jul 26, 2009
August 96.1°F — Aug 17, 2007 48.9°F — Aug 7, 2004 1.80 in — Aug 4, 2001
September 93.0°F — Sep 7, 2007 35.1°F — Sep 23, 1999 2.20 in — Sep 18, 2004
October 87.1°F — Oct 5, 2005 25.0°F — Oct 25, 2006 2.05 in — Oct 28, 2006
November 82.0°F — Nov 3, 2004 10.9°F — Nov 22, 2000 2.50 in — Nov 26, 1999
December 75.9°F — Dec 6, 2001 0.0°F — Dec 20, 2004 2.35 in — Dec 1, 2010

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