All-time weather records — Monticello, KY

Record high
105.1°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-33.0°F
January 30, 1963
Wettest day
5.36 in
November 4, 1936

Climate change signal in Monticello

0%

of Monticello'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 #
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
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1950s
31
28
1960s
83
127
1970s
60
63
1980s
78
63
1990s
34
48
2000s
53
34
2010s
27
3

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 1956, the latest in 2012. Period of observation: 1936-2013.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 24, 1972 -33.0°F — Jan 30, 1963 4.07 in — Jan 29, 1957
February 82.0°F — Feb 24, 1996 -14.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.98 in — Feb 6, 2004
March 84.9°F — Mar 21, 2012 -6.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.64 in — Mar 12, 1963
April 90.0°F — Apr 11, 1995 18.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 3.60 in — Apr 12, 1972
May 91.9°F — May 18, 1962 28.0°F — May 1, 1963 4.31 in — May 7, 1984
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 35.1°F — Jun 1, 1966 3.86 in — Jun 1, 1998
July 104.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 46.0°F — Jul 2, 1988 4.00 in — Jul 3, 1941
August 102.9°F — Aug 18, 1988 44.1°F — Aug 29, 1965 3.54 in — Aug 10, 1970
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1957 33.1°F — Sep 30, 1993 4.28 in — Sep 29, 1964
October 91.9°F — Oct 5, 1959 19.0°F — Oct 26, 1962 4.20 in — Oct 17, 1989
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1982 5.0°F — Nov 30, 1976 5.36 in — Nov 4, 1936
December 77.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -15.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.98 in — Dec 4, 1978

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