All-time weather records — Providence, KY

Record high
107.1°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
-16.1°F
January 17, 1982
Wettest day
5.50 in
July 7, 2016

Climate change signal in Providence

13.1%

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

11.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (42 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 #
1970s
3
15
1980s
84
148
1990s
82
53
2000s
100
88
2010s
72
49
2020s
25
13

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 1979, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1979-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 13, 2005 -16.1°F — Jan 17, 1982 4.40 in — Jan 24, 2002
February 79.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -9.0°F — Feb 19, 2015 4.92 in — Feb 14, 1989
March 88.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 -2.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 5.05 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 91.9°F — Apr 15, 2006 19.9°F — Apr 8, 1990 3.49 in — Apr 9, 1979
May 95.0°F — May 14, 2005 32.0°F — May 3, 2005 3.50 in — May 15, 1986
June 107.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 1, 1983 4.03 in — Jun 5, 2014
July 105.1°F — Jul 1, 2012 50.0°F — Jul 7, 2006 5.50 in — Jul 7, 2016
August 106.0°F — Aug 1, 1999 42.1°F — Aug 22, 2004 3.10 in — Aug 2, 2022
September 104.0°F — Sep 4, 2002 35.1°F — Sep 24, 1983 4.09 in — Sep 24, 1984
October 97.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 25, 2006 5.00 in — Oct 6, 2013
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1987 9.0°F — Nov 14, 1986 3.10 in — Nov 1, 2018
December 75.0°F — Dec 5, 1998 -13.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 5.40 in — Dec 17, 2001

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