All-time weather records — Poplar Hills, KY

Record high
106.0°F
July 7, 2012
Record low
-22.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
7.22 in
March 1, 1997

Climate change signal in Poplar Hills

18.6%

of Poplar Hills's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (68 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1940s
14
14
1950s
78
64
1960s
28
124
1970s
19
60
1980s
36
56
1990s
33
24
2000s
43
11
2010s
80
9
2020s
35
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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 -22.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 3.64 in — Jan 3, 2000
February 82.0°F — Feb 20, 2018 -18.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 3.66 in — Feb 15, 1990
March 89.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -0.9°F — Mar 6, 1960 7.22 in — Mar 1, 1997
April 91.0°F — Apr 23, 1960 21.9°F — Apr 7, 1982 5.64 in — Apr 3, 2015
May 95.0°F — May 4, 1959 30.9°F — May 1, 1963 4.60 in — May 7, 1961
June 105.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1966 5.12 in — Jun 23, 1960
July 106.0°F — Jul 7, 2012 50.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 5.09 in — Jul 21, 1973
August 105.1°F — Aug 16, 2007 46.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.53 in — Aug 4, 2009
September 104.0°F — Sep 5, 1954 33.1°F — Sep 30, 1949 4.30 in — Sep 21, 1979
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 23.0°F — Oct 22, 1952 5.91 in — Oct 5, 2013
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 2016 -0.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.58 in — Nov 5, 1948
December 75.9°F — Dec 3, 1982 -15.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.77 in — Dec 3, 1978

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