All-time weather records — West Point, KY

Record high
102.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-16.1°F
February 21, 2015
Wettest day
4.75 in
September 26, 2002

Climate change signal in West Point

35%

of West Point's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (128 of 366 records since 2015).

28.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (105 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 #
1990s
3
4
2000s
131
167
2010s
188
162
2020s
44
33

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 1999, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1999-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 2, 2006 -7.1°F — Jan 31, 2004 2.20 in — Jan 3, 2000
February 78.1°F — Feb 25, 2017 -16.1°F — Feb 21, 2015 4.00 in — Feb 16, 2025
March 90.0°F — Mar 23, 2026 -5.1°F — Mar 7, 2015 2.49 in — Mar 26, 2002
April 89.1°F — Apr 11, 2011 15.1°F — Apr 22, 2004 4.35 in — Apr 3, 2008
May 91.9°F — May 29, 2006 27.0°F — May 4, 2017 3.02 in — May 12, 2002
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 44.1°F — Jun 1, 2003 2.36 in — Jun 1, 2018
July 102.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 51.1°F — Jul 10, 2006 3.03 in — Jul 7, 2017
August 100.0°F — Aug 4, 2010 46.0°F — Aug 27, 2025 4.25 in — Aug 28, 2006
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 2011 30.9°F — Sep 20, 2003 4.75 in — Sep 26, 2002
October 97.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 31, 2010 4.25 in — Oct 22, 2007
November 84.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 10.0°F — Nov 13, 2019 2.97 in — Nov 1, 2018
December 73.9°F — Dec 3, 2012 -6.0°F — Dec 25, 2004 2.44 in — Dec 1, 2019

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