All-time weather records — Rutledge, TN

Record high
102.0°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
-8.0°F
February 5, 1996
Wettest day
4.31 in
July 31, 2020

Climate change signal in Rutledge

41.3%

of Rutledge's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (151 of 366 records since 2015).

28.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (103 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 #
1990s
58
82
2000s
110
132
2010s
138
95
2020s
60
57

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 1995, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1995-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 11, 2020 -2.0°F — Jan 29, 2014 2.85 in — Jan 15, 2013
February 79.0°F — Feb 20, 2018 -8.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.89 in — Feb 23, 2019
March 84.0°F — Mar 20, 2012 10.0°F — Mar 9, 1996 2.66 in — Mar 18, 2002
April 89.1°F — Apr 29, 2017 21.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 2.63 in — Apr 19, 1998
May 91.0°F — May 29, 2019 33.1°F — May 9, 2020 2.30 in — May 3, 2010
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 46.0°F — Jun 7, 1998 2.88 in — Jun 17, 2009
July 100.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 53.1°F — Jul 1, 2008 4.31 in — Jul 31, 2020
August 97.0°F — Aug 23, 2007 52.0°F — Aug 27, 2025 3.15 in — Aug 17, 2021
September 96.1°F — Sep 10, 2019 39.9°F — Sep 26, 2001 3.36 in — Sep 26, 2009
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 26, 2013 1.99 in — Oct 14, 2014
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 16.0°F — Nov 22, 2008 3.58 in — Nov 30, 2016
December 75.9°F — Dec 27, 2015 0.0°F — Dec 24, 2022 2.18 in — Dec 13, 1998

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