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According to USHCN daily thermometer data, Kentucky used to be much hotter. The five hottest summers all occurred before 1960.
1936 79.9876 1952 78.444 1934 78.3737 1901 78.168 1894 78.0981
The vast majority of all-time record maximums were set or tied prior to 1960.
Maximum temperatures have been in sharp decline since the start of records in 1895, with 1921 being the hottest year
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