All-time weather records — Ripley, TN

Record high
105.1°F
July 12, 1980
Record low
-9.9°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
6.75 in
May 1, 2010

Climate change signal in Ripley

8.7%

of Ripley's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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
64
87
1970s
71
96
1980s
126
60
1990s
32
52
2000s
24
41
2010s
49
30

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 1962, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1962-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 25, 1972 -9.9°F — Jan 20, 1985 6.00 in — Jan 30, 2010
February 80.1°F — Feb 19, 2017 1.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 3.25 in — Feb 28, 1997
March 86.0°F — Mar 30, 1986 7.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 6.00 in — Mar 1, 1997
April 93.0°F — Apr 21, 1987 28.0°F — Apr 6, 1971 5.56 in — Apr 4, 1968
May 96.1°F — May 31, 1977 33.1°F — May 4, 2013 6.75 in — May 1, 2010
June 100.0°F — Jun 13, 1977 28.9°F — Jun 26, 2006 4.95 in — Jun 17, 2011
July 105.1°F — Jul 12, 1980 48.9°F — Jul 5, 1968 4.07 in — Jul 6, 1967
August 102.9°F — Aug 11, 1980 50.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 5.30 in — Aug 18, 2014
September 100.0°F — Sep 10, 1980 35.1°F — Sep 26, 1965 5.51 in — Sep 19, 1970
October 93.0°F — Oct 3, 1986 25.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 4.00 in — Oct 10, 2001
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 12.0°F — Nov 1, 1991 4.25 in — Nov 28, 1973
December 82.0°F — Dec 3, 1999 -8.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.53 in — Dec 24, 1987

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