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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 1960

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1960 1-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1907
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1896
	Ties: 1994
Mar–Apr 1960 2-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-5.9°F (-3.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1960
				128th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Feb–Apr 1960 3-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-5.3°F (-2.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1958
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1978
Jan–Apr 1960 4-Month	39.2°F (4.0°C)	42.6°F (5.9°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
Dec 1959–Apr 1960 5-Month	39.1°F (3.9°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Nov 1959–Apr 1960 6-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	42.0°F (5.6°C)	-2.4°F (-1.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1905, 1963
Oct 1959–Apr 1960 7-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	44.2°F (6.8°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1968
Sep 1959–Apr 1960 8-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1951, 1979, 2014, 2015
Aug 1959–Apr 1960 9-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1959, 1993
Jul 1959–Apr 1960 10-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1959, 1975
Jun 1959–Apr 1960 11-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1940, 1962
May 1959–Apr 1960 12-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 2010
Nov 1958–Apr 1960 18-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1978
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1985
May 1958–Apr 1960 24-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1978
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1961, 1982
May 1957–Apr 1960 36-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1979
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
	Ties: 1906, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1982
May 1956–Apr 1960 48-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1980
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 1906, 1907, 1967, 1973, 1984
May 1955–Apr 1960 60-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1981
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/