All-time weather records — Hopkinsville, KY

Record high
111.0°F
August 9, 1930
Record low
-22.0°F
February 2, 1951
Wettest day
30.00 in
October 17, 1982

Climate change signal in Hopkinsville

3.6%

of Hopkinsville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (13 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
5
12
1900s
34
42
1910s
80
29
1920s
71
50
1930s
57
23
1940s
10
40
1950s
33
33
1960s
13
40
1970s
9
23
1980s
15
49
1990s
4
8
2000s
22
8
2010s
5
5
2020s
8
4

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 1899, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 24, 1943 -20.0°F — Jan 24, 1963 5.33 in — Jan 8, 1920
February 82.0°F — Feb 14, 1962 -22.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.75 in — Feb 14, 1949
March 93.9°F — Mar 24, 1929 -2.9°F — Mar 5, 1960 7.06 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 97.0°F — Apr 7, 1910 17.1°F — Apr 7, 1983 6.30 in — Apr 2, 1912
May 100.0°F — May 31, 1911 30.0°F — May 4, 1976 5.37 in — May 1, 1919
June 106.0°F — Jun 30, 1913 39.9°F — Jun 2, 1956 4.22 in — Jun 28, 1960
July 109.9°F — Jul 13, 1936 45.0°F — Jul 24, 1947 4.13 in — Jul 26, 1933
August 111.0°F — Aug 9, 1930 8.1°F — Aug 17, 1924 6.47 in — Aug 29, 2005
September 108.0°F — Sep 5, 1925 30.9°F — Sep 24, 1928 6.08 in — Sep 27, 2002
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1953 19.9°F — Oct 24, 1981 30.00 in — Oct 17, 1982
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1922 -4.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 6.18 in — Nov 24, 1900
December 78.1°F — Dec 31, 1951 -14.1°F — Dec 20, 1901 4.75 in — Dec 15, 1902

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