All-time weather records — Watertown, TN

Record high
111.0°F
August 9, 1930
Record low
-20.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.51 in
September 14, 1979

Climate change signal in Watertown

7.4%

of Watertown's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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 #
1900s
8
5
1910s
58
35
1920s
54
37
1930s
63
9
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
42
59
1970s
25
69
1980s
24
65
1990s
20
58
2000s
27
18
2010s
34
9
2020s
11
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 1902, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1902-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 22, 1933 -20.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.17 in — Jan 29, 1957
February 82.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -9.0°F — Feb 10, 1979 5.22 in — Feb 14, 1989
March 89.1°F — Mar 24, 1910 -2.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.40 in — Mar 28, 2021
April 91.9°F — Apr 24, 1925 19.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.65 in — Apr 22, 1984
May 96.1°F — May 18, 1962 28.9°F — May 4, 1976 5.43 in — May 9, 2024
June 108.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.46 in — Jun 13, 1987
July 109.9°F — Jul 28, 1930 46.9°F — Jul 15, 1926 3.76 in — Jul 3, 1991
August 111.0°F — Aug 9, 1930 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 6.10 in — Aug 31, 1926
September 109.0°F — Sep 7, 1925 33.1°F — Sep 24, 1983 6.51 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 98.1°F — Oct 13, 1931 19.9°F — Oct 29, 1902 4.01 in — Oct 17, 1975
November 84.9°F — Nov 2, 1961 3.9°F — Nov 30, 1929 4.93 in — Nov 27, 1973
December 79.0°F — Dec 5, 1998 -11.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.82 in — Dec 9, 1978

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