All-time weather records — Sanders, KY

Record high
104.0°F
July 10, 1988
Record low
-23.1°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.11 in
September 14, 1979

Climate change signal in Sanders

16.1%

of Sanders's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (59 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
12
·
1960s
73
91
1970s
41
90
1980s
59
90
1990s
46
27
2000s
38
16
2010s
65
41
2020s
32
11

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 1959, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1959-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 25, 1967 -23.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 3.02 in — Jan 23, 1982
February 79.0°F — Feb 20, 2018 -11.9°F — Feb 14, 2010 3.23 in — Feb 24, 2018
March 88.0°F — Mar 20, 2012 -9.0°F — Mar 4, 1980 3.35 in — Mar 10, 1964
April 89.1°F — Apr 23, 1960 14.0°F — Apr 1, 1969 2.87 in — Apr 25, 1975
May 95.0°F — May 18, 1962 26.1°F — May 10, 1966 3.21 in — May 19, 2018
June 102.0°F — Jun 26, 1988 32.0°F — Jun 2, 2012 3.64 in — Jun 19, 1992
July 104.0°F — Jul 10, 1988 39.9°F — Jul 2, 2008 3.85 in — Jul 8, 2014
August 104.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 32.0°F — Aug 24, 2012 4.40 in — Aug 26, 1971
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 2011 30.0°F — Sep 24, 2012 5.11 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 18.0°F — Oct 24, 1981 4.85 in — Oct 21, 1983
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 2016 1.9°F — Nov 30, 1976 3.83 in — Nov 15, 2005
December 75.9°F — Dec 15, 2015 -18.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.21 in — Dec 18, 2016

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