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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, January 1960

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1960 1-Month	35.8°F (2.1°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1950
Dec 1959–Jan 1960 2-Month	37.2°F (2.9°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1918
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932
	Ties: 1991
Nov 1959–Jan 1960 3-Month	38.8°F (3.8°C)	38.4°F (3.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932
	Ties: 1929, 1986
Oct 1959–Jan 1960 4-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932
	Ties: 1925, 1954, 1965
Sep 1959–Jan 1960 5-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932
	Ties: 1906, 1986
Aug 1959–Jan 1960 6-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1932
	Ties: 1903, 1941, 1992, 1995
Jul 1959–Jan 1960 7-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1920, 1995
Jun 1959–Jan 1960 8-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.1°F (14.5°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932
	Ties: 1906, 1913, 1931, 1957, 1987, 1989
May 1959–Jan 1960 9-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1932
	Ties: 2021
Apr 1959–Jan 1960 10-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1897, 1898, 1913, 1943, 1954, 1955
Mar 1959–Jan 1960 11-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	57.2°F (14.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1918
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1991
Feb 1959–Jan 1960 12-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1918
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1957
Aug 1958–Jan 1960 18-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1918
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1921
Feb 1958–Jan 1960 24-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1918
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1923
	Ties: 1952, 1959, 1961
Feb 1957–Jan 1960 36-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1979
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 1927, 1959, 1967, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996
Feb 1956–Jan 1960 48-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1980
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1903, 1911, 1913, 1928, 1951, 1976
Feb 1955–Jan 1960 60-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1981
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1900, 1903, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1930, 1931, 1976, 1987

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/