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Weather extremes

How extreme does Elizabethtown's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Elizabethtown has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Godman Aaf Airport station 25 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Elizabethtown has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Jul 30, 1999

That is about 17°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Elizabethtown (typical high near 87°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Jul 30, 1999
2 104°F Jun 30, 2012
3 103°F Aug 16, 2007
❄️ Coldest night
-23°F Jan 19, 1994

About 50°F colder than a normal January night in Elizabethtown (typical low near 26°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -23°F Jan 19, 1994
2 -13°F Feb 20, 2015
3 -11°F Jan 21, 1994
🌧️ Most rain in one day
6.85 in Mar 2, 1997

More rain in a single day than Elizabethtown usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 4.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 6.85 in Mar 2, 1997
2 4.57 in Sep 15, 2008
3 4.37 in May 18, 1995

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Elizabethtown's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 104°F is about 17°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Elizabethtown's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as −23°F. A single day has delivered over 7 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Godman Aaf Airport, a weather station, about 25 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →