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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, July 1972

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
July 1972 1-Month	74.4°F (23.6°C)	76.3°F (24.6°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1947
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1901
	Ties: 1961, 1965, 1970
Jun–Jul 1972 2-Month	71.4°F (21.9°C)	74.4°F (23.6°C)	-3.0°F (-1.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1974
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1934
May–Jul 1972 3-Month	68.9°F (20.5°C)	71.1°F (21.7°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1934
	Ties: 1979, 1992
Apr–Jul 1972 4-Month	65.5°F (18.6°C)	67.1°F (19.5°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1961
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2010
	Ties: 1971, 1989
Mar–Jul 1972 5-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	62.7°F (17.1°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1960
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
	Ties: 1920, 1940
Feb–Jul 1972 6-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1947
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
	Ties: 1904, 1940
Jan–Jul 1972 7-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1918, 1969, 1982, 2003
Dec 1971–Jul 1972 8-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1948, 1976, 2021
Nov 1971–Jul 1972 9-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1911, 1988
Oct 1971–Jul 1972 10-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1914, 2021
Sep 1971–Jul 1972 11-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 1925, 1930, 1995, 2004
Aug 1971–Jul 1972 12-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1923, 1943, 1995, 2021
Feb 1971–Jul 1972 18-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1918
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1906, 1912, 1941, 1985, 1989, 1990
Aug 1970–Jul 1972 24-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1925, 1947
Aug 1969–Jul 1972 36-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1905, 2015
Aug 1968–Jul 1972 48-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1980
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2019
	Ties: 1962, 1966
Aug 1967–Jul 1972 60-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1981
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/