All-time weather records — Franklin, KY

Record high
111.0°F
July 28, 1930
Record low
-14.1°F
January 7, 1912
Wettest day
6.31 in
June 23, 1969

Climate change signal in Franklin

0%

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

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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 #
1890s
1
5
1900s
64
89
1910s
81
102
1920s
112
113
1930s
108
57
1940s
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1950s
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
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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 1897, the latest in 1936. Period of observation: 1892-2013.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 21, 1906 -14.1°F — Jan 7, 1912 5.80 in — Jan 7, 1913
February 77.0°F — Feb 25, 1930 -4.0°F — Feb 18, 1936 3.97 in — Feb 11, 1984
March 93.0°F — Mar 2, 1927 9.0°F — Mar 7, 1920 4.85 in — Mar 26, 1913
April 100.0°F — Apr 19, 1927 21.0°F — Apr 2, 1924 4.21 in — Apr 11, 1994
May 98.1°F — May 28, 1911 33.1°F — May 2, 1909 5.58 in — May 19, 1983
June 105.1°F — Jun 19, 1931 42.1°F — Jun 3, 1910 6.31 in — Jun 23, 1969
July 111.0°F — Jul 28, 1930 44.1°F — Jul 27, 1920 4.10 in — Jul 5, 1896
August 109.9°F — Aug 9, 1930 43.0°F — Aug 3, 1920 3.40 in — Aug 17, 1949
September 104.0°F — Sep 4, 1925 33.1°F — Sep 26, 1928 5.81 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 95.0°F — Oct 7, 1913 1.0°F — Oct 18, 1906 3.50 in — Oct 2, 1962
November 88.0°F — Nov 2, 1922 7.0°F — Nov 20, 1914 3.72 in — Nov 8, 1986
December 73.9°F — Dec 13, 1927 -6.0°F — Dec 20, 1901 4.19 in — Dec 16, 1948

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