All-time weather records — Murray, KY

Record high
109.9°F
July 27, 1930
Record low
-20.0°F
January 18, 1930
Wettest day
6.81 in
March 1, 1997

Climate change signal in Murray

9%

of Murray's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (33 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1920s
32
58
1930s
94
90
1940s
28
42
1950s
64
50
1960s
22
49
1970s
20
23
1980s
26
24
1990s
11
13
2000s
21
8
2010s
33
5
2020s
15
4

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 1926, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1926-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 16, 1952 -20.0°F — Jan 18, 1930 5.85 in — Jan 21, 1937
February 81.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -11.9°F — Feb 18, 1936 4.62 in — Feb 21, 1961
March 91.9°F — Mar 24, 1929 -6.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 6.81 in — Mar 1, 1997
April 90.0°F — Apr 4, 1934 19.9°F — Apr 4, 1926 5.00 in — Apr 20, 1947
May 100.9°F — May 27, 1926 33.1°F — May 7, 1944 4.22 in — May 25, 2000
June 106.0°F — Jun 28, 1952 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1930 5.54 in — Jun 11, 2003
July 109.9°F — Jul 27, 1930 44.1°F — Jul 15, 1926 4.80 in — Jul 3, 2016
August 109.0°F — Aug 8, 1930 39.0°F — Aug 31, 1935 4.89 in — Aug 11, 1978
September 108.0°F — Sep 5, 1954 28.0°F — Sep 24, 1928 5.12 in — Sep 23, 2006
October 97.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 29, 1952 4.00 in — Oct 29, 2020
November 86.0°F — Nov 19, 1930 -0.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 6.76 in — Nov 29, 2001
December 84.0°F — Dec 28, 1944 -13.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 5.15 in — Dec 21, 2013

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