All-time weather records — Horse Cave, KY

Record high
105.1°F
July 9, 1988
Record low
-25.1°F
January 24, 1963
Wettest day
5.83 in
March 12, 1975

Climate change signal in Horse Cave

0%

of Horse Cave'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 #
1950s
44
59
1960s
50
100
1970s
27
71
1980s
91
64
1990s
81
45
2000s
73
27

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 1953, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1953-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 2, 2006 -25.1°F — Jan 24, 1963 3.44 in — Jan 10, 1974
February 81.0°F — Feb 23, 1996 -9.0°F — Feb 2, 1965 3.78 in — Feb 27, 1962
March 87.1°F — Mar 26, 2007 -2.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 5.83 in — Mar 12, 1975
April 91.0°F — Apr 27, 1989 18.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.32 in — Apr 4, 1968
May 93.9°F — May 29, 1987 27.0°F — May 1, 1963 5.41 in — May 7, 1984
June 102.9°F — Jun 23, 1988 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.51 in — Jun 10, 1981
July 105.1°F — Jul 9, 1988 48.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 3.37 in — Jul 26, 1985
August 105.1°F — Aug 16, 2007 41.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 3.29 in — Aug 25, 1982
September 102.9°F — Sep 5, 1954 33.1°F — Sep 26, 2001 4.94 in — Sep 3, 1974
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 21.9°F — Oct 24, 1981 3.21 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 93.9°F — Nov 13, 1995 5.0°F — Nov 30, 1976 4.68 in — Nov 27, 1973
December 75.9°F — Dec 2, 1982 -15.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.83 in — Dec 8, 1978

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