All-time weather records — Kingston, GA

Record high
108.0°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-9.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.00 in
March 18, 1990

Climate change signal in Kingston

5.2%

of Kingston's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (19 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
2
7
1930s
6
·
1940s
61
32
1950s
137
30
1960s
22
111
1970s
22
68
1980s
23
47
1990s
15
21
2000s
24
26
2010s
54
24

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 1897, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1891-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 25, 1943 -9.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.90 in — Jan 24, 1991
February 82.9°F — Feb 26, 1977 -6.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 3.58 in — Feb 22, 1974
March 88.0°F — Mar 17, 2016 8.1°F — Mar 6, 1960 6.00 in — Mar 18, 1990
April 93.0°F — Apr 27, 1986 21.9°F — Apr 1, 1987 4.56 in — Apr 3, 1979
May 100.0°F — May 21, 1941 30.9°F — May 3, 1961 4.00 in — May 29, 2008
June 106.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 6.00 in — Jun 13, 2011
July 108.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 15, 1967 4.21 in — Jul 16, 1897
August 108.0°F — Aug 27, 1954 23.0°F — Aug 20, 2009 4.50 in — Aug 16, 1955
September 106.0°F — Sep 6, 1954 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 4.20 in — Sep 1, 1898
October 100.0°F — Oct 5, 1954 23.0°F — Oct 27, 1961 4.11 in — Oct 1, 1958
November 89.1°F — Nov 15, 2013 3.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.00 in — Nov 29, 2016
December 91.0°F — Dec 18, 2013 -2.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 4.85 in — Dec 12, 1961

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