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6 official all-time records
The official all-time extremes for Kentucky, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 114°F at Greensburg to -37°F at Shelbyville.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
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| 114°F | July 28, 1930 | Greensburg | 153430 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
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| -37°F | January 19, 1994 | Shelbyville | 157324 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation
The previous record of 10.48 inches set back on March 1, 1997 in Louisville was determined to be a calendar-day record rather than a 24-hour record. The 24-hour record should have been 10.50 inches from 1AM CST March 1 to 1AM CST March 2, 1997 from the same event in Louisville. This new record value of 11.28 inches from Mayfield exceeds both values.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
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| 26 inches | March 3, 1942 | Simers | 157396 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
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| 31 inches | January 20, 1978 | La Grange | 154595 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
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| 120.1 mph | December 10, 2021 | Princeton 2 SE | Kentucky Mesonet | SA |
An EF-4 tornado caused extensive damage along a 163-mile long path in western Kentucky on December 10, 2021. Two Kentucky Mesonet sites were situated along the path of the tornado with one station measuring a wind gust of 120.1 mph, exceeding the previous record of 100.8 mph set at Kentucky Mesonet station Murray 1W (MRRY) on April 26, 2011.