All-time weather records — Shelbyville, KY

Record high
111.9°F
July 28, 1930
Record low
-36.9°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.93 in
February 16, 1990

Climate change signal in Shelbyville

0%

of Shelbyville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
65
27
1900s
42
12
1910s
44
34
1920s
35
30
1930s
61
13
1940s
29
29
1950s
24
13
1960s
·
26
1970s
12
11
1980s
21
106
1990s
27
62
2000s
6
3

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 2001. Period of observation: 1893-2001.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 24, 1943 -36.9°F — Jan 19, 1994 4.60 in — Jan 12, 1913
February 78.1°F — Feb 10, 1932 -23.1°F — Feb 13, 1899 5.93 in — Feb 16, 1990
March 91.9°F — Mar 22, 1907 -9.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.65 in — Mar 27, 1913
April 93.0°F — Apr 17, 1896 12.9°F — Apr 8, 1982 3.20 in — Apr 25, 1975
May 102.0°F — May 29, 1911 26.1°F — May 3, 1986 4.32 in — May 8, 1961
June 107.1°F — Jun 29, 1936 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 4.00 in — Jun 16, 1949
July 111.9°F — Jul 28, 1930 39.0°F — Jul 18, 1911 5.48 in — Jul 21, 1896
August 106.0°F — Aug 6, 1918 35.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.41 in — Aug 8, 1995
September 106.0°F — Sep 6, 1954 26.1°F — Sep 26, 1928 5.78 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1951 16.0°F — Oct 13, 1988 3.01 in — Oct 20, 1993
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1922 -9.0°F — Nov 30, 1929 4.75 in — Nov 20, 1900
December 75.9°F — Dec 3, 1982 -20.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.80 in — Dec 17, 1915

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