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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Kentucky

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1948 1-Month	68.7°F (20.4°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1918
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1925
	Ties: 1934, 1991, 2004
Aug–Sep 1948 2-Month	71.3°F (21.8°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1936
	Ties: 1916, 1968, 2009
Jul–Sep 1948 3-Month	73.0°F (22.8°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1936
	Ties: 1896, 1902, 1972, 2006
Jun–Sep 1948 4-Month	73.1°F (22.8°C)	73.1°F (22.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1967
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1936
	Ties: 1923, 1945
May–Sep 1948 5-Month	71.1°F (21.7°C)	71.3°F (21.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1967
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1936
	Ties: 1904, 1918, 1923, 2001, 2004
Apr–Sep 1948 6-Month	69.2°F (20.7°C)	68.7°F (20.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1976
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2010
	Ties: 1964, 2001
Mar–Sep 1948 7-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	65.3°F (18.5°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1950
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1921
	Ties: 1942, 1952, 2017
Feb–Sep 1948 8-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1958
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1921
	Ties: 1932
Jan–Sep 1948 9-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1921
	Ties: 1916, 1942, 1964, 2008
Dec 1947–Sep 1948 10-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1992
Nov 1947–Sep 1948 11-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1929, 1950, 1992
Oct 1947–Sep 1948 12-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1937, 1946, 2011
Apr 1947–Sep 1948 18-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1918
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1916, 1941, 1946, 1974, 1988, 2004
Oct 1946–Sep 1948 24-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978, 1979
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1907, 1911, 1947, 1952, 1956
Oct 1945–Sep 1948 36-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1979
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2018
	Ties: 1899, 1908, 1915, 1927, 1930, 1941
Oct 1944–Sep 1948 48-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1979, 1980
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2019
	Ties: 1899, 1903, 1910, 1974, 1990, 1998
Oct 1943–Sep 1948 60-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1981
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1911, 1926, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1989, 1992, 1993

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/