All-time weather records — Greensburg, KY

Record high
1989.0°F
January 31, 1918
Record low
-29.0°F
February 13, 1899
Wettest day
8.05 in
August 1, 1967

Climate change signal in Greensburg

0.8%

of Greensburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (3 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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
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1890s
38
16
1900s
45
53
1910s
51
64
1920s
25
55
1930s
79
37
1940s
28
28
1950s
15
21
1960s
12
38
1970s
15
9
1980s
15
32
1990s
12
6
2000s
18
3
2010s
13
4
2020s
·
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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 1896, the latest in 2016. Period of observation: 1889-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 1989.0°F — Jan 31, 1918 -25.1°F — Jan 24, 1963 4.00 in — Jan 1, 1919
February 81.0°F — Feb 19, 1927 -29.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 4.57 in — Feb 16, 2025
March 89.1°F — Mar 25, 1910 -4.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.00 in — Mar 26, 1913
April 97.0°F — Apr 28, 1989 12.9°F — Apr 28, 1988 4.26 in — Apr 11, 2011
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1937 21.9°F — May 19, 1988 4.60 in — May 14, 1995
June 107.1°F — Jun 29, 1936 19.9°F — Jun 14, 1917 4.20 in — Jun 16, 1949
July 114.1°F — Jul 28, 1930 37.9°F — Jul 9, 1917 3.80 in — Jul 19, 1971
August 109.9°F — Aug 8, 1930 30.9°F — Aug 15, 1929 8.05 in — Aug 1, 1967
September 108.0°F — Sep 16, 1927 5.0°F — Sep 19, 1913 5.70 in — Sep 2, 2017
October 98.1°F — Oct 11, 1913 17.1°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.18 in — Oct 8, 1898
November 90.0°F — Nov 1, 1907 -2.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.20 in — Nov 8, 1986
December 78.1°F — Dec 4, 1982 -18.9°F — Dec 24, 1989 3.65 in — Dec 7, 1924

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