All-time weather records — Petersburg, TN

Record high
111.9°F
July 2, 2012
Record low
-20.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.00 in
March 28, 1902

Climate change signal in Petersburg

8.7%

of Petersburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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
1
·
1900s
46
19
1910s
50
26
1920s
44
31
1930s
63
19
1940s
22
36
1950s
21
15
1960s
9
38
1970s
5
20
1980s
17
47
1990s
11
30
2000s
28
30
2010s
43
43
2020s
6
12

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 1899, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1890-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 2, 1952 -20.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 6.05 in — Jan 23, 1999
February 82.0°F — Feb 24, 2018 -15.0°F — Feb 14, 1905 4.50 in — Feb 18, 2021
March 89.1°F — Mar 24, 1910 -5.1°F — Mar 3, 2002 9.00 in — Mar 28, 1902
April 91.0°F — Apr 3, 2025 18.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 3.70 in — Apr 16, 1921
May 98.1°F — May 22, 1941 28.9°F — May 4, 1986 4.20 in — May 6, 2003
June 109.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 6.81 in — Jun 18, 1939
July 111.9°F — Jul 2, 2012 43.0°F — Jul 20, 2014 5.23 in — Jul 12, 1989
August 108.0°F — Aug 8, 1930 39.0°F — Aug 27, 2015 5.78 in — Aug 9, 1923
September 108.0°F — Sep 7, 1925 12.0°F — Sep 8, 1915 5.91 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 99.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 17.1°F — Oct 26, 2013 5.44 in — Oct 17, 1975
November 88.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 -2.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.98 in — Nov 9, 1986
December 78.1°F — Dec 2, 1970 -11.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 5.25 in — Dec 13, 1956

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