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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, April 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1956 1-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1907
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1896
	Ties: 1902, 1911
Mar–Apr 1956 2-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1960
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1911, 1912, 1961, 1978
Feb–Apr 1956 3-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1958
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1919, 1952
Jan–Apr 1956 4-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1964
Dec 1955–Apr 1956 5-Month	40.8°F (4.9°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1914, 1993
Nov 1955–Apr 1956 6-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	42.0°F (5.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Oct 1955–Apr 1956 7-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1962, 1971
Sep 1955–Apr 1956 8-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1924, 1931, 1971
Aug 1955–Apr 1956 9-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1910, 2018
Jul 1955–Apr 1956 10-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1981, 1983
Jun 1955–Apr 1956 11-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1908, 1973, 1997
May 1955–Apr 1956 12-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998
Nov 1954–Apr 1956 18-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1925, 1928, 1930, 1973, 1975
May 1954–Apr 1956 24-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1915, 1924, 1944
May 1953–Apr 1956 36-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1979
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1921, 1937, 1992
May 1952–Apr 1956 48-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1980
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2019
	Ties: 1937, 1938, 1945, 1957, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014
May 1951–Apr 1956 60-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1981
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2020
	Ties: 1933, 1946, 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 October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/