All-time weather records — Puryear, TN

Record high
111.0°F
August 4, 1987
Record low
-22.0°F
February 2, 1951
Wettest day
7.76 in
September 27, 2002

Climate change signal in Puryear

2.5%

of Puryear's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (9 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1920s
28
11
1930s
·
4
1940s
95
37
1950s
88
63
1960s
50
89
1970s
19
45
1980s
33
54
1990s
4
29
2000s
23
18
2010s
26
16
2020s
·
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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 1923, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1922-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 1, 1952 -18.9°F — Jan 24, 1963 4.43 in — Jan 14, 1951
February 82.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -22.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.05 in — Feb 14, 1989
March 89.1°F — Mar 19, 1982 0.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 7.29 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 91.9°F — Apr 30, 1942 21.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.35 in — Apr 6, 2025
May 96.1°F — May 28, 1942 30.0°F — May 7, 1944 4.42 in — May 3, 2011
June 105.1°F — Jun 29, 1952 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1966 6.60 in — Jun 5, 1998
July 108.0°F — Jul 1, 1952 48.0°F — Jul 23, 1947 4.50 in — Jul 27, 1986
August 111.0°F — Aug 4, 1987 37.9°F — Aug 11, 1992 5.05 in — Aug 22, 1971
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 1925 24.1°F — Sep 28, 1940 7.76 in — Sep 27, 2002
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 1953 21.0°F — Oct 28, 1957 4.87 in — Oct 27, 1947
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 -2.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.68 in — Nov 29, 2001
December 80.1°F — Dec 31, 1951 -11.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 5.05 in — Dec 22, 1990

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