All-time weather records — Paintsville, KY

Record high
105.1°F
July 8, 1988
Record low
-26.0°F
January 18, 1994
Wettest day
18.51 in
July 17, 1982

Climate change signal in Paintsville

13.1%

of Paintsville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (48 of 366 records since 2015).

17.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (64 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
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1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
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1970s
6
65
1980s
139
84
1990s
100
66
2000s
49
57
2010s
55
63
2020s
17
31

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 1973, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1933-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 22, 1999 -26.0°F — Jan 18, 1994 3.00 in — Jan 14, 2003
February 82.9°F — Feb 23, 1996 -17.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 3.75 in — Feb 1, 1951
March 88.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -4.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.86 in — Mar 1, 2021
April 93.0°F — Apr 26, 1986 19.9°F — Apr 5, 2004 2.96 in — Apr 13, 1948
May 93.9°F — May 19, 1996 30.0°F — May 3, 1986 2.45 in — May 15, 1972
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 36.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 4.02 in — Jun 21, 1963
July 105.1°F — Jul 8, 1988 7.0°F — Jul 8, 1987 18.51 in — Jul 17, 1982
August 105.1°F — Aug 17, 1988 43.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 4.05 in — Aug 20, 1969
September 99.0°F — Sep 8, 2007 35.1°F — Sep 21, 1999 4.13 in — Sep 3, 1936
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 23, 1997 2.50 in — Oct 30, 1970
November 87.1°F — Nov 3, 1987 12.0°F — Nov 19, 2014 5.10 in — Nov 28, 1973
December 82.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -9.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.40 in — Dec 8, 1978

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