Russell Cnty Arpt
Weather station · 37.0°N 85.1°W · 308 m above sea level
ICAO KK24Station data since 1971
Record high
33.3°C
in 2007
Record low
2.8°C
in 1974
Average high
25.8°C
all years on record
14.8°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 18.5°C against 33.3°C in 2007. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
39.4°C
- Date
- Thursday, 17 July 1980
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Russell Cnty Arpt, United States
- Position
- 37.01°N 85.10°W · 308 m
Highest highest in available records since 1971. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−30.0°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 19 January 1994
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Russell Cnty Arpt, United States
- Position
- 37.01°N 85.10°W · 308 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1971. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Russell Cnty Arpt is
37.01°N 85.10°W
Russell Cnty Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Russell Cnty Arpt has dropped below freezing on 4354 nights since 1971. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1971. - 2
Today is colder than 58% of all days recorded here since 1971.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1971. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 87.7°C colder than Russell Cnty Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Russell Cnty Arpt has ever recorded, −30.0°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
1971 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 46 years with data: +0.11 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
24.4°
−30.0°
Feb
26.7°
−28.3°
Mar
31.7°
−18.3°
Apr
32.2°
−8.9°
May
32.8°
−2.2°
Jun
39.4°
4.4°
Jul
39.4°
8.9°
Aug
38.3°
6.1°
Sep
36.1°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 18.5°C | 00:15 UTC | 17.5°C | 08:35 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 22.5°C | 18:35 UTC | 18.7°C | 23:35 UTC |
Nearby stations
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1971 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |