All-time weather records — Franklin, TN

Record high
108.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-22.0°F
January 22, 1985
Wettest day
9.45 in
May 2, 2010

Climate change signal in Franklin

7.1%

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

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
9
30
1900s
20
24
1910s
26
38
1920s
53
30
1930s
45
27
1940s
38
40
1950s
41
31
1960s
28
31
1970s
22
29
1980s
23
57
1990s
3
19
2000s
21
3
2010s
26
7
2020s
11
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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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 1, 1952 -22.0°F — Jan 22, 1985 4.00 in — Jan 11, 1974
February 82.9°F — Feb 24, 2023 -15.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 4.48 in — Feb 27, 1962
March 93.0°F — Mar 21, 1907 0.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.85 in — Mar 28, 1902
April 93.9°F — Apr 23, 1965 21.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.07 in — Apr 1, 1920
May 96.1°F — May 22, 1941 10.0°F — May 28, 2019 9.45 in — May 2, 2010
June 108.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 6.43 in — Jun 17, 1960
July 108.0°F — Jul 12, 1930 43.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 6.83 in — Jul 28, 1972
August 106.0°F — Aug 17, 2007 41.0°F — Aug 23, 1953 4.17 in — Aug 9, 1898
September 107.1°F — Sep 6, 1925 30.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 5.81 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 22, 1987 4.00 in — Oct 19, 2004
November 88.0°F — Nov 9, 1906 -2.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.57 in — Nov 20, 1988
December 91.0°F — Dec 28, 1907 -11.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 5.23 in — Dec 4, 1978

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