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Paducah, KY
Evansville, IN
Cape Girardeau, MO
Poplar Bluff, MO
Carbondale, IL

Paducah, KY

Monthly Temperature Records

Month	Warmest High Temp	Date	Coldest Low Temp	Date	Coldest High Temp	Date	Warmest Low Temp	Date
January	77	1/25/1943	-15	1/20/1985	1	1/20/1985	66	1/25/1950
February	78	2/13/1962	-14	2/2/1951	7	2/3/1996	67	2/20/2018
March	85	3/13/1967	-6	3/6/2015	19	3/4/1960	66	3/19/2012 3/30/1998 3/28/1998
April	90	4/21/1987 4/21/1946	21	4/8/2007	36	4/6/1971	71	4/29/1970 4/28/1970
May	96	5/22/1941 5/26/1953 5/26/1944	32	5/7/1944	48	5/4/1945	75	5/20/2022 5/25/1989
June	108	6/29/2012	44	6/1/1993	62	6/4/1946 6/4/1945	81	6/13/2022 6/23/2016
July	108	7/17/1942	47	1/24/1947 1/23/1947	69	7/25/2004 7/5/1967	82	7/16/1980
August	106	8/4/1947	44	8/29/1986	64	8/15/1964	80	8/1/1980 8/18/1954 8/17/1954 8/16/1954
September	104	9/5/1954 9/9/1939	34	9/30/1949	54	9/28/1967	78	9/8/1941 9/9/1939
October	96	10/2/2019	22	10/24/1981	38	10/30/1993	74	10/3/1986
November	86	11/3/1946	-3	11/25/1950	15	11/24/1950	68	11/13/1955
December	77	12/2/1982 12/31/1951	-10	12/22/1989	4	12/22/1989 12/24/1983	66	12/2/1982

Monthly Calendar Day Precipitation and Snowfall Records

Month	Maximum Precipitation	Date	Maximum Snowfall	Date
January	3.97	1/3/2000	11.0	1/16/1978
February	6.24	2/13/1989	10.8	2/16/2015
March	5.28	3/4/1964	9.0	3/2/1960
April	4.13	4/29/1984	3.0	4/5/1971
May	5.65	5/11/1943	0.0	None
June	5.58	6/1/2013	0.0	None
July	6.95	7/19/2023	0.0	None
August	4.55	8/30/2014	0.0	None
September	7.49	9/5/1985	0.0	None
October	4.19	10/5/2013	2.0	10/30/1993
November	4.90	11/7/1996	4.0	11/28/1958
December	5.26	12/21/2013	14.0	12/22/2004

Period of Record: December 3, 1937 to January 1, 2024

Evansville, IN

Monthly Temperature Records

Month	Warmest High Temp	Date	Coldest Low Temp	Date	Coldest High Temp	Date	Warmest Low Temp	Date
January	76	1/24/1943	-21	1/17/1977	-3	1/20/1985	66	1/25/1950
February	79	2/24/2017 2/13/1962	-23	2/2/1951	-1	2/9/1899	63	2/15/1954
March	87	3/24/1929	-9	3/6/1960	17	3/1/1980 3/4/1960	68	3/20/1921
April	91	4/27/1989 4/26/1989	23	4/7/1990 4/3/1987	34	4/12/1940	72	4/30/1899
May	98	5/28/1911	28	5/1/1963	45	5/3/1945	76	5/20/2022
June	107	6/29/2012 6/28/2012	41	6/1/1966 6/2/1956	57	6/3/1945 6/15/1917	81	6/28/1931 6/29/1909
July	111	7/28/1930	47	7/23/1947 7/16/1930	67	7/13/1990	82	7/8/1980 7/25/1934 7/24/1901
August	105	8/9/1930 8/8/1930	43	8/29/1986	65	8/12/1954 8/30/1915	81	8/22/1936 8/21/1936 8/7/1930
September	104	9/6/1925	31	9/29/1942 9/28/1942	54	9/28/1967	79	9/2/1907 9/7/1899
October	96	10/2/2019	21	10/29/1952 10/22/1952	36	10/29/1925	74	10/5/1941
November	86	11/1/2016	-3	11/25/1950	13	11/24/1950	66	11/1/1974 11/2/1961 11/2/1936
December	77	12/2/1982	-15	12/22/1989	-3	12/22/1989	66	12/2/1982

Monthly Calendar Day Precipitation and Snowfall Records

Month	Maximum Precipitation	Date	Maximum Snowfall	Date
January	3.72	1/22/1982	7.8	1/16/1978
February	3.45	2/24/2018	10.9	2/25/1993
March	6.40	3/18/2008	8.5	3/4/2015
April	6.04	4/28/1996	8.6	4/6/1971
May	4.92	5/17/1995	0.0	None
June	4.71	6/15/1900	0.0	None
July	4.75	7/1/1897	0.0	None
August	3.77	8/10/1908	0.0	None
September	4.48	9/3/2022	0.0	None
October	6.50	10/5/1910	3.7	10/30/1993
November	3.52	11/18/1921	6.9	11/28/1958
December	4.87	12/30/1932	19.3	12/22/2004

Period of Record: January 1, 1897 to December 31, 2023

Cape Girardeau, MO

Monthly Temperature Records

Month	Warmest High Temp	Date	Coldest Low Temp	Date	Coldest High Temp	Date	Warmest Low Temp	Date
January	73	1/23/1967	-18	1/11/1977	2	1/20/1985	63	1/12/2005
February	79	2/27/2024 2/13/1962	-14	2/19/2015	8	2/3/1996	62	2/26/1996
March	84	3/30/1986	-8	3/6/2015	21	3/1/1980	66	3/19/2012 3/30/1998 3/26/1991
April	91	4/27/1989	18	4/8/2007	36	4/6/1971	71	4/29/1970 4/28/1970
May	97	5/24/1996	30	5/17/1968	50	5/1/1994	75	5/29/1991 5/25/1989 5/29/1982
June	107	6/29/2012	43	6/1/1972	61	6/1/1997	81	6/13/2022
July	106	7/6/2012 7/5/2012	49	7/27/1962	66	7/25/2004	81	7/13/1985
August	105	8/4/1964	45	8/29/1986	65	8/15/1964	80	8/3/2011
September	100	9/6/1960	33	9/30/1999	55	9/27/1984	76	9/1/1989
October	94	10/1/2019 10/2/2019	22	10/20/2022	38	10/30/1993	74	10/3/1986
November	84	11/1/2016	8	11/18/2014 11/29/1976	23	11/30/1964	65	11/1/1982
December	76	12/2/1982	-11	12/22/1989	3	12/22/1989 12/24/1983	67	12/2/1982

Monthly Calendar Day Precipitation Records

Month	Maximum Precipitation	Date
January	4.87	1/21/1999
February	3.63	2/17/2022
March	11.49	3/18/2008
April	5.54	4/29/1983
May	6.64	5/15/1986
June	4.16	6/25/2018
July	5.81	7/19/2001
August	4.93	8/13/2002
September	4.66	9/2/2003
October	3.87	10/26/2019
November	6.05	11/19/1991
December	4.12	12/21/2013

Period of Record: June 1, 1960 to March 1, 2024

Poplar Bluff, MO

Monthly Temperature Records

Month	Warmest High Temp	Date	Coldest Low Temp	Date	Coldest High Temp	Date	Warmest Low Temp	Date
January	78	1/24/1943	-23	1/18/1930	3	1/21/1985	66	1/25/1950
February	83	2/13/1962	-25	2/13/1899	8	2/12/1899 2/17/1903	61	2/25/2000
March	92	3/24/1929	0	3/3/1943	25	3/7/1920	68	3/25/1929
April	94	4/27/1927	23	4/1/1924 4/7/1939	39	4/7/1971	71	4/30/1962
May	100	5/30/1934	28	5/1/1903	50	5/11/1960	75	5/24/1896
June	110	620/1936	41	6/16/1917	62	6/15/1942	79	6/20/2011 6/23/2016 6/27/1969 6/30/1894
July	112	7/12/1901 7/22/1901 7/23/1901	48	7/23/1947	67	7/1/1924 7/2/1988 7/6/1967	84	7/9/1989
August	112	8/9/1930	44	8/28/1967	65	8/15/1964 8/16/1979 8/31/1915	80	8/1/1980 8/19/1995
September	108	9/7/1925	31	9/30/1924	56	9/28/1984	79	9/11/1900
October	96	10/2/1953 10/3/1953 10/5/1938 10/11/1963	17	10/29/1952	31	10/29/1925	76	10/5/1941
November	85	11/4/1924	4	11/25/1950	25	11/29/1976	68	11/2/1961
December	79	12/7/1939	-10	12/22/1989	9	12/23/1989	65	12/15/1948

Monthly Calendar Day Precipitation Records

Month	Maximum Precipitation	Date
January	5.72	1/30/1969
February	3.90	2/23/1979
March	6.60	3/28/1977
April	6.45	4/25/2011
May	4.79	5/12/1918
June	4.00	6/4/1928
July	5.52	7/4/1937
August	5.67	8/23/1942
September	6.17	9/2/1936
October	3.85	10/16/1992
November	4.49	11/17/2015
December	4.46	12/21/2013

Period of Record: January 1, 1893 to December 31, 2023

Carbondale, IL

Monthly Temperature Records

Month	Warmest High Temp	Date	Coldest Low Temp	Date	Coldest High Temp	Date	Warmest Low Temp	Date
January	76	1/24/1943	-25	1/11/1977	0	1/17/1977	63	1/7/2008 1/12/2005
February	79	2/27/2024 2/24/1982	-22	2/2/1951	-2	2/12/1899	63	2/27/1996
March	93	3/23/1910	-11	3/5/1978	20	3/2/1980	69	3/25/1929
April	92	4/28/1915	20	4/1/1954	33	4/3/1899	71	4/10/2011 4/22/1963 4/30/1962
May	101	5/28/1911	29	5/1/1903	47	5/3/1945	76	5/29/1918
June	107	6/29/2012	39	6/16/1917	60	6/13/1945	80	6/18/1918 6/22/1914 6/26/1988 6/27/1969
July	112	7/14/1936 7/22/1901 7/23/1901 7/24/1934 7/25/1934 7/28/1930	42	7/6/1972	66	7/15/1990	82	7/23/1900
August	113	8/9/1930	41	8/12/1902 8/31/1915	65	8/26/1944 8/30/1915	84	8/6/1900
September	108	9/4/1925 9/5/1925 9/6/1925	20	9/30/1899	56	9/16/1993	78	9/15/1931
October	96	10/3/1922 10/5/1938	16	10/29/1952	35	10/29/1925	73	10/5/1941
November	88	11/1/1933	-1	11/30/1929	22	11/25/1950 11/30/1929	70	11/2/1936
December	77	12/3/1982	-14	12/22/1989	-3	12/23/1989	65	12/15/1948

Monthly Calendar Day Precipitation Records

Month	Maximum Precipitation	Date
January	4.78	1/14/1937
February	3.30	2/26/1945
March	5.85	3/18/2008
April	4.96	4/29/1996
May	5.77	5/22/1957
June	5.57	6/21/1935
July	4.26	7/6/2016
August	5.04	8/17/1959
September	4.22	9/12/1988
October	4.42	10/4/1910
November	5.35	11/20/1991
December	3.57	12/3/1982

Period of Record: November 1, 1898 to March 1, 2024

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