All-time weather records — Paducah, KY

Record high
105.1°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-20.9°F
January 21, 1984
Wettest day
5.32 in
February 14, 1989

Climate change signal in Paducah

6.6%

of Paducah's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 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 #
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
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1960s
82
79
1970s
49
68
1980s
69
110
1990s
49
49
2000s
52
26
2010s
65
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 1962, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1928-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 23, 1967 -20.9°F — Jan 21, 1984 5.22 in — Jan 25, 1949
February 73.9°F — Feb 16, 2018 -16.1°F — Feb 19, 2015 5.32 in — Feb 14, 1989
March 82.9°F — Mar 30, 1986 -2.9°F — Mar 7, 2015 4.64 in — Mar 31, 1938
April 89.1°F — Apr 13, 1967 21.0°F — Apr 10, 1982 5.20 in — Apr 30, 1983
May 96.1°F — May 28, 2012 32.0°F — May 4, 1976 4.46 in — May 11, 1943
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1972 4.23 in — Jun 8, 1979
July 105.1°F — Jul 14, 1966 48.0°F — Jul 6, 1972 3.76 in — Jul 16, 1958
August 102.9°F — Aug 15, 1965 42.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.57 in — Aug 23, 1942
September 99.0°F — Sep 4, 1999 28.9°F — Sep 22, 1983 4.35 in — Sep 20, 1932
October 91.9°F — Oct 3, 1969 18.0°F — Oct 24, 1981 3.50 in — Oct 7, 1998
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 2000 9.0°F — Nov 14, 1986 4.45 in — Nov 22, 1934
December 73.9°F — Dec 2, 1982 -13.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.00 in — Dec 22, 2013

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