All-time weather records — Princeton, KY

Record high
109.0°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-18.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.48 in
February 15, 1990

Climate change signal in Princeton

7.4%

of Princeton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1960s
29
61
1970s
38
89
1980s
74
81
1990s
78
55
2000s
62
36
2010s
84
42
2020s
1
2

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 1965, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1965-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 24, 1972 -18.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 4.42 in — Jan 22, 1999
February 79.0°F — Feb 23, 1982 -13.0°F — Feb 19, 2015 5.48 in — Feb 15, 1990
March 84.9°F — Mar 13, 1967 -9.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 4.84 in — Mar 1, 1997
April 90.0°F — Apr 2, 2012 19.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 3.70 in — Apr 24, 2011
May 95.0°F — May 15, 1998 30.9°F — May 4, 1976 4.30 in — May 3, 1983
June 108.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.48 in — Jun 9, 1998
July 109.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 50.0°F — Jul 4, 1968 3.35 in — Jul 21, 2013
August 107.1°F — Aug 17, 2007 44.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 5.25 in — Aug 10, 1992
September 102.0°F — Sep 4, 1999 34.0°F — Sep 22, 1983 5.15 in — Sep 21, 1979
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 24, 1981 3.50 in — Oct 6, 2013
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 2000 10.0°F — Nov 12, 2019 4.52 in — Nov 19, 1988
December 78.1°F — Dec 4, 1998 -14.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.89 in — Dec 3, 1978

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