All-time weather records — Rochester, KY

Record high
109.0°F
August 16, 1988
Record low
-16.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.83 in
June 23, 1969

Climate change signal in Rochester

17.2%

of Rochester's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (63 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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 #
1950s
·
·
1960s
33
82
1970s
36
56
1980s
71
101
1990s
72
40
2000s
75
25
2010s
53
50
2020s
26
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 1964, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1954-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 25, 1972 -16.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.17 in — Jan 2, 1966
February 86.0°F — Feb 13, 1989 -9.9°F — Feb 8, 1979 5.30 in — Feb 14, 1989
March 86.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 -2.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 3.20 in — Mar 25, 2023
April 93.9°F — Apr 29, 1989 19.9°F — Apr 5, 1987 5.45 in — Apr 4, 2025
May 97.0°F — May 28, 2012 30.0°F — May 4, 2005 3.65 in — May 7, 1984
June 100.9°F — Jun 24, 1988 35.1°F — Jun 24, 1992 7.83 in — Jun 23, 1969
July 106.0°F — Jul 2, 2012 44.1°F — Jul 14, 1991 4.40 in — Jul 9, 2022
August 109.0°F — Aug 16, 1988 33.1°F — Aug 31, 1987 5.35 in — Aug 29, 1963
September 102.0°F — Sep 28, 1986 33.1°F — Sep 25, 1965 6.81 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 22, 1987 4.40 in — Oct 8, 2017
November 84.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 6.1°F — Nov 30, 1976 4.00 in — Nov 20, 1988
December 75.0°F — Dec 27, 2016 -15.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.56 in — Dec 8, 1978

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