All-time weather records — Ridgetop, TN

Record high
105.1°F
August 16, 2007
Record low
-5.1°F
January 7, 2014
Wettest day
6.27 in
September 1, 2017

Climate change signal in Ridgetop

22.7%

of Ridgetop's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (83 of 366 records since 2015).

18%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (66 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 #
2000s
200
214
2010s
150
140
2020s
16
12

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 2000, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 2000-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 2, 2022 -5.1°F — Jan 7, 2014 2.53 in — Jan 28, 2009
February 77.0°F — Feb 24, 2018 1.9°F — Feb 10, 2011 3.18 in — Feb 18, 2022
March 87.1°F — Mar 15, 2012 1.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 2.28 in — Mar 18, 2002
April 89.1°F — Apr 26, 2009 19.9°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.41 in — Apr 28, 2013
May 91.0°F — May 31, 2006 32.0°F — May 11, 2020 3.55 in — May 2, 2009
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 5, 2003 2.51 in — Jun 12, 2009
July 102.9°F — Jul 1, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 24, 2003 3.53 in — Jul 7, 2016
August 105.1°F — Aug 16, 2007 54.0°F — Aug 8, 2003 3.73 in — Aug 8, 2013
September 96.1°F — Sep 3, 2011 34.0°F — Sep 26, 2001 6.27 in — Sep 1, 2017
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 26.1°F — Oct 19, 2008 2.58 in — Oct 23, 2007
November 87.1°F — Nov 3, 2000 10.9°F — Nov 13, 2019 2.39 in — Nov 30, 2010
December 75.9°F — Dec 26, 2021 1.9°F — Dec 14, 2010 3.26 in — Dec 16, 2000

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