All-time weather records — Ghent, KY

Record high
106.0°F
July 30, 1999
Record low
-26.0°F
February 9, 1899
Wettest day
4.85 in
October 6, 1910

Climate change signal in Ghent

0%

of Ghent'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 #
1880s
·
·
1890s
69
38
1900s
38
28
1910s
82
70
1920s
1
7
1960s
37
67
1970s
26
70
1980s
49
59
1990s
41
21
2000s
23
6

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 1893, the latest in 2006. Period of observation: 1884-2006.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 25, 1972 -24.0°F — Jan 18, 1977 3.00 in — Jan 9, 1898
February 77.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -26.0°F — Feb 9, 1899 3.60 in — Feb 5, 1908
March 87.1°F — Mar 24, 1910 -4.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.20 in — Mar 9, 1909
April 91.0°F — Apr 17, 1896 16.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.02 in — Apr 24, 1975
May 97.0°F — May 27, 1911 27.0°F — May 10, 1966 3.85 in — May 23, 1902
June 104.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 3.58 in — Jun 18, 1992
July 106.0°F — Jul 30, 1999 44.1°F — Jul 6, 2002 4.13 in — Jul 30, 1961
August 102.9°F — Aug 16, 1988 41.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 3.91 in — Aug 19, 2005
September 99.0°F — Sep 4, 1999 32.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 4.45 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 1919 18.0°F — Oct 24, 1895 4.85 in — Oct 6, 1910
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1987 1.0°F — Nov 30, 1976 2.52 in — Nov 14, 1993
December 75.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -20.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 2.62 in — Dec 17, 1915

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