All-time weather records — South Pittsburg, TN

Record high
105.1°F
August 3, 1957
Record low
-13.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.85 in
February 15, 2018

Climate change signal in South Pittsburg

10.4%

of South Pittsburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
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1900s
·
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1910s
·
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1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
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1950s
60
41
1960s
99
114
1970s
23
25
1980s
35
94
1990s
36
39
2000s
47
28
2010s
58
23
2020s
8
2

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 1955, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 2, 2022 -13.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.67 in — Jan 11, 1901
February 81.0°F — Feb 24, 2018 -4.0°F — Feb 4, 1996 8.85 in — Feb 15, 2018
March 86.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 9.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 7.10 in — Mar 16, 1973
April 91.0°F — Apr 30, 1970 21.9°F — Apr 6, 1966 6.30 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 97.0°F — May 19, 1962 23.0°F — May 3, 1997 4.03 in — May 3, 1984
June 100.0°F — Jun 14, 1958 23.0°F — Jun 1, 1997 4.00 in — Jun 2, 1922
July 102.0°F — Jul 2, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 15, 1967 4.00 in — Jul 4, 2013
August 105.1°F — Aug 3, 1957 46.0°F — Aug 22, 1956 4.60 in — Aug 17, 1985
September 102.0°F — Sep 1, 1957 32.0°F — Sep 23, 1983 3.94 in — Sep 12, 1988
October 97.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 15.1°F — Oct 31, 1986 4.00 in — Oct 12, 2020
November 88.0°F — Nov 2, 1961 10.0°F — Nov 24, 1970 4.66 in — Nov 28, 1983
December 77.0°F — Dec 8, 1956 -6.0°F — Dec 27, 1985 6.90 in — Dec 23, 1990

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