All-time weather records — Jamestown, KY

Record high
102.9°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-22.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
10.00 in
January 17, 1994

Climate change signal in Jamestown

16.1%

of Jamestown's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (59 of 366 records since 2015).

19.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (72 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 #
1970s
40
60
1980s
114
58
1990s
61
37
2000s
72
93
2010s
57
83
2020s
22
35

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 1971, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1971-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 31, 2002 -22.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 10.00 in — Jan 17, 1994
February 80.1°F — Feb 25, 2017 -18.9°F — Feb 18, 2015 3.67 in — Feb 5, 2004
March 89.1°F — Mar 5, 1983 -0.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.67 in — Mar 21, 1976
April 93.9°F — Apr 7, 2019 16.0°F — Apr 6, 2007 3.15 in — Apr 29, 2014
May 91.0°F — May 30, 2006 28.0°F — May 3, 2005 5.38 in — May 7, 1984
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 39.9°F — Jun 1, 2003 3.52 in — Jun 6, 2003
July 102.9°F — Jul 1, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 6, 2006 3.65 in — Jul 6, 2016
August 100.9°F — Aug 11, 1980 43.0°F — Aug 1, 2009 4.90 in — Aug 19, 1975
September 97.0°F — Sep 3, 2011 34.0°F — Sep 25, 2001 8.20 in — Sep 2, 1982
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 27, 2001 2.90 in — Oct 7, 2013
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1987 7.0°F — Nov 30, 1976 3.80 in — Nov 9, 1986
December 79.0°F — Dec 4, 1982 -14.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.57 in — Dec 8, 1978

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