All-time weather records — Raceland, KY

Record high
107.1°F
July 28, 1930
Record low
-25.1°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.61 in
July 20, 1973

Climate change signal in Raceland

3.8%

of Raceland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
10
9
1910s
·
·
1920s
48
13
1930s
78
11
1940s
45
14
1950s
38
6
1960s
13
57
1970s
17
47
1980s
30
135
1990s
32
60
2000s
39
3
2010s
7
11
2020s
9
·

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 1897, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 26, 1950 -25.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.31 in — Jan 1, 1945
February 80.1°F — Feb 1, 2002 -23.1°F — Feb 4, 1996 4.00 in — Feb 16, 2010
March 100.0°F — Mar 13, 1990 -9.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 4.00 in — Mar 15, 1896
April 93.9°F — Apr 24, 1925 9.0°F — Apr 9, 1996 3.00 in — Apr 5, 1898
May 106.0°F — May 20, 1996 19.9°F — May 1, 1996 4.00 in — May 11, 2011
June 102.9°F — Jun 25, 1930 30.0°F — Jun 10, 1988 4.09 in — Jun 12, 1962
July 107.1°F — Jul 28, 1930 34.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 5.61 in — Jul 20, 1973
August 105.1°F — Aug 1, 1999 30.0°F — Aug 30, 1989 3.97 in — Aug 4, 1933
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 1932 27.0°F — Sep 23, 1974 3.72 in — Sep 17, 1995
October 93.0°F — Oct 7, 1941 10.0°F — Oct 14, 1988 2.84 in — Oct 22, 1929
November 84.9°F — Nov 4, 1961 1.9°F — Nov 30, 1929 3.32 in — Nov 4, 2004
December 82.0°F — Dec 4, 1982 -18.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.80 in — Dec 3, 1991

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