All-time weather records — Leitchfield, KY

Record high
108.0°F
July 28, 1930
Record low
-27.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
6.17 in
December 15, 1902

Climate change signal in Leitchfield

1.1%

of Leitchfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (4 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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
24
21
1900s
27
20
1910s
44
36
1920s
45
28
1930s
72
18
1940s
40
22
1950s
32
17
1960s
21
29
1970s
14
45
1980s
20
42
1990s
6
24
2000s
10
30
2010s
11
34

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 2018. Period of observation: 1895-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 24, 1943 -27.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 5.73 in — Jan 31, 1933
February 79.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -26.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 5.33 in — Feb 14, 1989
March 88.0°F — Mar 24, 1929 -9.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 5.53 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 90.0°F — Apr 11, 1930 19.0°F — Apr 7, 1990 4.25 in — Apr 30, 1911
May 97.0°F — May 31, 1937 28.9°F — May 2, 1909 5.53 in — May 15, 1986
June 105.1°F — Jun 29, 1936 34.0°F — Jun 3, 1946 3.85 in — Jun 28, 1973
July 108.0°F — Jul 28, 1930 44.1°F — Jul 2, 1988 3.65 in — Jul 6, 1946
August 107.1°F — Aug 8, 1930 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1922 3.79 in — Aug 14, 1921
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 1953 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 6.04 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 93.9°F — Oct 6, 1919 18.0°F — Oct 28, 1976 4.00 in — Oct 22, 2007
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1987 -5.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.21 in — Nov 20, 1900
December 75.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -17.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 6.17 in — Dec 15, 1902

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