All-time weather records — Whitesburg, KY

Record high
98.1°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-20.0°F
February 21, 2015
Wettest day
4.45 in
September 6, 2011

Climate change signal in Whitesburg

74.6%

of Whitesburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (273 of 366 records since 2015).

71.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (262 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 #
2010s
248
229
2020s
118
137

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 2011, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 2011-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 12, 2020 -5.1°F — Jan 7, 2014 2.32 in — Jan 31, 2013
February 79.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -20.0°F — Feb 21, 2015 3.24 in — Feb 11, 2018
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 2020 6.1°F — Mar 6, 2015 2.29 in — Mar 5, 2015
April 89.1°F — Apr 30, 2017 23.0°F — Apr 1, 2019 2.35 in — Apr 12, 2024
May 89.1°F — May 1, 2017 28.9°F — May 10, 2020 1.88 in — May 5, 2019
June 98.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 1, 2020 2.39 in — Jun 26, 2018
July 97.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 6, 2014 3.45 in — Jul 28, 2022
August 89.1°F — Aug 8, 2022 46.0°F — Aug 29, 2025 2.18 in — Aug 13, 2020
September 93.0°F — Sep 14, 2019 39.0°F — Sep 24, 2012 4.45 in — Sep 6, 2011
October 91.9°F — Oct 4, 2019 23.0°F — Oct 26, 2013 2.40 in — Oct 24, 2017
November 82.0°F — Nov 6, 2024 10.9°F — Nov 19, 2014 1.65 in — Nov 12, 2022
December 75.0°F — Dec 28, 2015 -0.9°F — Dec 24, 2022 2.05 in — Dec 1, 2019

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