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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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City: Lexington Louisville Paducah

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Lexington, Kentucky

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1947

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1947 1-Month	79.6°F (26.4°C)	75.0°F (23.9°C)	4.6°F (2.5°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1927, 1967
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	1936
Jul–Aug 1947 2-Month	75.3°F (24.1°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1936
Jun–Aug 1947 3-Month	73.9°F (23.3°C)	74.5°F (23.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1936
	Ties: 1984, 2014
May–Aug 1947 4-Month	70.7°F (21.5°C)	71.9°F (22.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1936
Apr–Aug 1947 5-Month	67.6°F (19.8°C)	68.5°F (20.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1961
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2010
	Ties: 1978, 1985
Mar–Aug 1947 6-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1928	1950
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1917, 1928, 1958
Feb–Aug 1947 7-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	60.6°F (15.9°C)	-3.7°F (-2.1°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1947, 1958, 1978
				128th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1958, 1978
Jan–Aug 1947 8-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1920
Dec 1946–Aug 1947 9-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
Nov 1946–Aug 1947 10-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1969, 1997
Oct 1946–Aug 1947 11-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1931
Sep 1946–Aug 1947 12-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1929, 2003
Mar 1946–Aug 1947 18-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1950, 2001, 2009
Sep 1945–Aug 1947 24-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1978
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1931, 1937, 1956, 1998
Sep 1944–Aug 1947 36-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1979
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2018
	Ties: 1902, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1995
Sep 1943–Aug 1947 48-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1980
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2019
	Ties: 1911, 1951, 1953, 2015
Sep 1942–Aug 1947 60-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1970, 1971, 1980, 1981
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2020
	Ties: 1903, 1911, 1926, 1941, 1948, 1958, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1993

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/