All-time weather records — Kenton, TN

Record high
111.0°F
August 10, 1930
Record low
-22.0°F
January 9, 1942
Wettest day
10.38 in
August 3, 2023

Climate change signal in Kenton

1.4%

of Kenton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (5 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
4
15
1900s
29
24
1910s
84
39
1920s
51
35
1930s
77
12
1940s
39
32
1950s
33
63
1960s
15
48
1970s
5
23
1980s
7
34
1990s
9
13
2000s
6
15
2010s
2
7
2020s
5
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 1895, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 20, 1988 -22.0°F — Jan 9, 1942 5.70 in — Jan 6, 1913
February 81.0°F — Feb 14, 1962 -18.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.13 in — Feb 18, 1976
March 91.0°F — Mar 24, 1929 -7.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 5.30 in — Mar 12, 1975
April 93.0°F — Apr 25, 1902 21.9°F — Apr 10, 1960 4.05 in — Apr 11, 1933
May 100.0°F — May 28, 1911 32.0°F — May 4, 1954 5.40 in — May 5, 1923
June 106.0°F — Jun 20, 1913 43.0°F — Jun 2, 1956 5.70 in — Jun 14, 1970
July 109.0°F — Jul 25, 1934 45.0°F — Jul 4, 1922 4.82 in — Jul 20, 1975
August 111.0°F — Aug 10, 1930 44.1°F — Aug 31, 1946 10.38 in — Aug 3, 2023
September 108.0°F — Sep 5, 1925 33.1°F — Sep 23, 1953 5.00 in — Sep 20, 1932
October 99.0°F — Oct 2, 1911 15.1°F — Oct 29, 1952 4.91 in — Oct 9, 1999
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1933 1.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.60 in — Nov 19, 1988
December 78.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -13.0°F — Dec 10, 1917 4.40 in — Dec 5, 2011

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