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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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Kentucky

Average Temperature Rankings, February 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1956 1-Month	41.4°F (5.2°C)	36.5°F (2.5°C)	4.9°F (2.7°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1978
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1911, 1999
Jan–Feb 1956 2-Month	36.2°F (2.3°C)	35.0°F (1.7°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1978
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1932
	Ties: 1915, 1926
Dec 1955–Feb 1956 3-Month	35.4°F (1.9°C)	35.5°F (1.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1978
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1932
Nov 1955–Feb 1956 4-Month	37.2°F (2.9°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1900, 1960, 2009
Oct 1955–Feb 1956 5-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	41.8°F (5.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 2009
Sep 1955–Feb 1956 6-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1926, 1960, 1965, 1975
Aug 1955–Feb 1956 7-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1938, 1946, 1960, 1990
Jul 1955–Feb 1956 8-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1986, 1995
Jun 1955–Feb 1956 9-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1928, 1965, 1971, 1988, 2009
May 1955–Feb 1956 10-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1938, 1965, 1971, 1995
Apr 1955–Feb 1956 11-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1913, 1915, 1944
Mar 1955–Feb 1956 12-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1977
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1907, 1930, 1955, 1957
Sep 1954–Feb 1956 18-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1901, 1924, 1926, 1938, 1988, 2002, 2009, 2016
Mar 1954–Feb 1956 24-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1978
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1924, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1944, 1957, 1975, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2003
Mar 1953–Feb 1956 36-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1979
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1954, 1992, 2002, 2012
Mar 1952–Feb 1956 48-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1980
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1937
Mar 1951–Feb 1956 60-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1981
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2020
	Ties: 1926, 1950, 2007, 2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/