All-time weather records — Sharpsburg, KY

Record high
109.9°F
July 16, 1988
Record low
-27.0°F
February 20, 2015
Wettest day
6.00 in
December 8, 1978

Climate change signal in Sharpsburg

8.2%

of Sharpsburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (30 of 366 records since 2015).

13.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (51 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 #
1890s
16
36
1900s
17
21
1910s
40
40
1920s
35
42
1930s
84
41
1940s
36
13
1950s
39
18
1960s
11
24
1970s
20
15
1980s
11
14
1990s
10
14
2000s
10
12
2010s
23
54
2020s
14
22

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 24, 1943 -20.0°F — Jan 24, 1963 3.30 in — Jan 10, 1974
February 80.1°F — Feb 10, 1932 -27.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 5.05 in — Feb 24, 1909
March 90.0°F — Mar 16, 1993 -11.9°F — Mar 6, 2015 5.00 in — Mar 14, 1940
April 95.0°F — Apr 2, 1916 18.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.30 in — Apr 4, 2015
May 98.1°F — May 28, 1911 26.1°F — May 10, 1966 5.14 in — May 1, 1909
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 2, 1931 3.75 in — Jun 29, 1998
July 109.9°F — Jul 16, 1988 42.1°F — Jul 2, 1937 4.01 in — Jul 9, 1991
August 109.0°F — Aug 6, 1988 43.0°F — Aug 4, 1894 3.77 in — Aug 14, 1966
September 104.0°F — Sep 5, 1954 25.0°F — Sep 26, 1928 5.30 in — Sep 23, 2006
October 98.1°F — Oct 26, 2001 15.1°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.70 in — Oct 8, 2025
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1946 -8.0°F — Nov 30, 1929 3.93 in — Nov 20, 1988
December 78.1°F — Dec 2, 1982 -20.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 6.00 in — Dec 8, 1978

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