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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, August 1959

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1959 1-Month	76.9°F (24.9°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1927, 1967
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2007
Jul–Aug 1959 2-Month	76.4°F (24.7°C)	75.5°F (24.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1967
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1936
	Ties: 1926, 1937, 1944
Jun–Aug 1959 3-Month	74.8°F (23.8°C)	74.5°F (23.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1967
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1936
	Ties: 1895, 1905, 1935
May–Aug 1959 4-Month	73.2°F (22.9°C)	72.0°F (22.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1967
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1936
	Ties: 1998
Apr–Aug 1959 5-Month	69.7°F (20.9°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1961
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2010
	Ties: 1986, 2006
Mar–Aug 1959 6-Month	65.3°F (18.5°C)	64.8°F (18.2°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1960
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1957, 2004
Feb–Aug 1959 7-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1960
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1913, 1919
Jan–Aug 1959 8-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1931, 1941
Dec 1958–Aug 1959 9-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1997
Nov 1958–Aug 1959 10-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1936, 1945, 1948
Oct 1958–Aug 1959 11-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1928, 1931, 1945, 1973, 2001, 2009
Sep 1958–Aug 1959 12-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932
	Ties: 2001, 2003
Mar 1958–Aug 1959 18-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1918
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1960, 1962, 1969
Sep 1957–Aug 1959 24-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.7°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1978
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1982
Sep 1956–Aug 1959 36-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1979
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2018
	Ties: 1994, 1997
Sep 1955–Aug 1959 48-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1980
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019
	Ties: 1902, 1917
Sep 1954–Aug 1959 60-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1928	1981
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1903, 1912, 1921, 1928

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/