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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, April 2003

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 2003 1-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1907
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1896
	Ties: 1946
Mar–Apr 2003 2-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	2.5°F (1.3°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1926
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 2007
Feb–Apr 2003 3-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1947
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1999
Jan–Apr 2003 4-Month	40.9°F (4.9°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1978
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1923, 1931, 2010
Dec 2002–Apr 2003 5-Month	39.8°F (4.3°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1941, 2010
Nov 2002–Apr 2003 6-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1940, 1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1924, 1947, 1948
Oct 2002–Apr 2003 7-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	43.9°F (6.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1918
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1962, 1994
Sep 2002–Apr 2003 8-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1918, 1977
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1910, 1993, 2013
Aug 2002–Apr 2003 9-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1916, 1933, 1985
Jul 2002–Apr 2003 10-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1952, 2004
Jun 2002–Apr 2003 11-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1907, 1914, 1927, 1938, 1976, 2007, 2009
May 2002–Apr 2003 12-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 2009
Nov 2001–Apr 2003 18-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1918
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 2022
May 2001–Apr 2003 24-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1978
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1938, 1950
May 2000–Apr 2003 36-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1979
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1899, 1921, 1944, 1950, 1992, 2010
May 1999–Apr 2003 48-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1980
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1922, 1956, 2012, 2014
May 1998–Apr 2003 60-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1981
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2020
	Ties: 2008, 2009

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/