Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Scott (USC00157211), Kentucky, United States, with 35 years of record.
Key Facts for Scott
Scott (USC00157211) is a weather station in Kentucky, United States at 38.97 latitude and -84.55 longitude, 274 m (900 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1897 to 1931, 35 years of record.
1,464 records set at Scott still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Scott tied a daily record low maximum temperature of -5.0 C (23.0 F) on 22 December 1930.
About the Station
Location: Kentucky, United States, 38.97 latitude, -84.55 longitude.
Elevation: 274 m (900 ft).
Period of record: 1897 to 1931, 35 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Scott. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Scott, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
23.3 C (73.9 F)
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
31.1 C (88.0 F)
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
31.7 C (89.1 F)
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-0.6 C (30.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
37.8 C (100.0 F)
4.4 C (39.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
41.7 C (107.1 F)
8.9 C (48.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
38.9 C (102.0 F)
6.1 C (43.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
38.9 C (102.0 F)
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
33.3 C (91.9 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
22.8 C (73.0 F)
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Scott still stand. 1925 holds the most, with 63.
Standing records at Scott by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1897
31
1898
35
1899
47
1900
46
1901
60
1902
61
1903
49
1904
25
1905
27
1906
43
1907
50
1908
41
1909
44
1910
42
1911
43
1912
36
1913
50
1914
58
1915
48
1916
50
1917
57
1918
52
1919
26
1920
33
1921
32
1922
23
1923
30
1924
42
1925
63
1926
27
1927
34
1928
43
1929
57
1930
59
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jul: 95.8 mm (3.8 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Scott. The most was 95.8 mm (3.8 in) on 27 July 1926.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Scott
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
5 January 1917
Feb
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
23 February 1909
Mar
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
13 March 1907
Apr
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
20 April 1920
May
69.3 mm (2.7 in)
12 May 1920
Jun
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
25 June 1918
Jul
95.8 mm (3.8 in)
27 July 1926
Aug
72.9 mm (2.9 in)
22 August 1923
Sep
60.7 mm (2.4 in)
5 September 1915
Oct
84.3 mm (3.3 in)
6 October 1910
Nov
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
14 November 1929
Dec
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
24 December 1921
Period of Record Coverage
1897 to 1931
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
35 years of record at Scott, 1897 to 1931. 3 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1897, 1927, 1931.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 29 complete years at Scott, 1898 to 1930. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 12.4 C (54.3 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1917, at 10.7 C (51.3 F), and the warmest was 1921, at 14.1 C (57.5 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.8 C (3.2 F).
Annual mean temperature at Scott as warming stripes, 1898 to 1930
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1898
12.9 C
+0.51 C
1899
12.1 C
-0.26 C
1900
13.1 C
+0.69 C
1901
11.9 C
-0.48 C
1902
12.3 C
-0.02 C
1903
12.1 C
-0.29 C
1904
11.6 C
-0.81 C
1905
12.0 C
-0.35 C
1906
12.6 C
+0.20 C
1907
11.9 C
-0.48 C
1908
13.5 C
+1.10 C
1910
12.1 C
-0.25 C
1911
13.3 C
+0.95 C
1912
11.6 C
-0.78 C
1913
13.5 C
+1.11 C
1914
12.6 C
+0.23 C
1915
12.3 C
-0.05 C
1916
12.4 C
0.00 C
1917
10.7 C
-1.66 C
1918
12.5 C
+0.11 C
1920
11.8 C
-0.57 C
1921
14.1 C
+1.78 C
1922
13.4 C
+1.02 C
1923
12.6 C
+0.24 C
1924
11.2 C
-1.16 C
1925
12.5 C
+0.15 C
1928
11.8 C
-0.54 C
1929
11.5 C
-0.83 C
1930
12.9 C
+0.58 C
This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1897 to 1931
Yearly extremes at Scott: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1901
36.1 C (97.0 F)
35
Coldest night (TNn)
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1899
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
35
Wettest day (Rx1day)
95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1926
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
35
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
177.0 mm (7.0 in)
1913
96.8 mm (3.8 in)
35
Longest dry spell (CDD)
33 days
1908
18 days
35
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Scott, 1897 to 1931. The record is 41.7 C (107.1 F) in 1901, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.1 C (97.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Scott by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1897
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1898
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1899
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1900
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1901
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1902
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1903
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1904
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1905
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1906
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1907
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1908
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1909
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1910
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1911
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1912
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1913
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1914
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1915
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1916
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1917
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1918
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1919
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1920
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1921
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1922
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1923
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1924
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1925
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1926
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1927
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1928
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1929
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1930
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1931
15.6 C (60.1 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Scott, 1897 to 1931. The record is -29.4 C (-20.9 F) in 1899, marked on the chart; the median year is -20.6 C (-5.1 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Scott by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1897
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1898
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1899
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1900
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1901
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1902
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1903
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1904
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1905
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1906
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1907
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1908
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1909
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1910
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1911
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1912
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1913
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1914
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1915
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1916
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1917
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1918
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1919
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1920
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1921
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1922
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1923
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1924
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1925
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1926
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1927
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1928
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1929
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1930
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1931
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Scott, 1897 to 1931. The record is 95.8 mm (3.8 in) in 1926, marked on the chart; the median year is 56.4 mm (2.2 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Scott by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1897
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1898
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1899
62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1900
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1901
62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1902
67.8 mm (2.7 in)
1903
50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1904
47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1905
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1906
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1907
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1908
42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1909
59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1910
84.3 mm (3.3 in)
1911
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1912
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1913
72.6 mm (2.9 in)
1914
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1915
62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1916
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1917
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1918
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1919
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1920
69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1921
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1922
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1923
72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1924
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1925
66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1926
95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1927
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1928
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1929
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1930
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1931
11.4 mm (0.4 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Scott, 1897 to 1931. The record is 177.0 mm (7.0 in) in 1913, marked on the chart; the median year is 96.8 mm (3.8 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Scott by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1897
75.9 mm (3.0 in)
1898
108.5 mm (4.3 in)
1899
81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1900
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1901
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1902
121.1 mm (4.8 in)
1903
76.8 mm (3.0 in)
1904
105.9 mm (4.2 in)
1905
118.6 mm (4.7 in)
1906
132.9 mm (5.2 in)
1907
144.1 mm (5.7 in)
1908
97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1909
74.0 mm (2.9 in)
1910
118.1 mm (4.6 in)
1911
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1912
76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1913
177.0 mm (7.0 in)
1914
90.2 mm (3.6 in)
1915
98.3 mm (3.9 in)
1916
74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1917
92.3 mm (3.6 in)
1918
81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1919
105.9 mm (4.2 in)
1920
101.7 mm (4.0 in)
1921
122.4 mm (4.8 in)
1922
82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1923
91.7 mm (3.6 in)
1924
100.1 mm (3.9 in)
1925
100.2 mm (3.9 in)
1926
96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1927
106.6 mm (4.2 in)
1928
113.8 mm (4.5 in)
1929
93.7 mm (3.7 in)
1930
50.7 mm (2.0 in)
1931
11.4 mm (0.4 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Scott, 1897 to 1931. The record is 33 days in 1908, marked on the chart; the median year is 18 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Scott by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1897
24 days
1898
17 days
1899
14 days
1900
16 days
1901
20 days
1902
20 days
1903
18 days
1904
22 days
1905
16 days
1906
14 days
1907
18 days
1908
33 days
1909
16 days
1910
16 days
1911
11 days
1912
18 days
1913
17 days
1914
22 days
1915
21 days
1916
19 days
1917
18 days
1918
22 days
1919
13 days
1920
27 days
1921
14 days
1922
16 days
1923
27 days
1924
31 days
1925
16 days
1926
19 days
1927
19 days
1928
20 days
1929
24 days
1930
14 days
1931
11 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
29 years with a frost
Across 29 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Scott falls on 19 April and the median first autumn frost on 14 October, which leaves a median of 182 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -3.4 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Scott
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1898 to 1930)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
19 April
n/a
19 April
n/a
+1.2 days per decade
First autumn frost
14 October
n/a
14 October
n/a
-2.2 days per decade
Growing days
182 days
n/a
182 days
n/a
-3.4 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
32 years, 1898 to 1930
A day with at least 56.9 mm (2.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 94.9 mm (3.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Scott: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
56.9 mm (2.2 in)
5 years
69.0 mm (2.7 in)
10 years
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
25 years
84.4 mm (3.3 in)
50 years
89.9 mm (3.5 in)
Longer than the 32 years of record
100 years
94.9 mm (3.7 in)
Longer than the 32 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 32 years of values from 1898 to 1930.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 95.8 mm (3.8 in) in 1926; 84.3 mm (3.3 in) in 1910; 73.7 mm (2.9 in) in 1907.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.