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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, September 1978

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1978 1-Month	71.1°F (21.7°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1925
	Ties: 1980
Aug–Sep 1978 2-Month	72.9°F (22.7°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1967
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1936
	Ties: 1995
Jul–Sep 1978 3-Month	74.0°F (23.3°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1936
	Ties: 1897, 1908, 1986, 1987
Jun–Sep 1978 4-Month	73.6°F (23.1°C)	73.0°F (22.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1967
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1936
	Ties: 1897, 1908, 1959, 1977, 1995, 2008, 2020
May–Sep 1978 5-Month	71.3°F (21.8°C)	71.3°F (21.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1936
	Ties: 2000, 2020
Apr–Sep 1978 6-Month	68.9°F (20.5°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2010
	Ties: 1902, 1988, 2006, 2014
Mar–Sep 1978 7-Month	64.9°F (18.3°C)	65.3°F (18.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1950
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1921
	Ties: 1912, 1927
Feb–Sep 1978 8-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1958
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1921
Jan–Sep 1978 9-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-3.0°F (-1.7°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1921
Dec 1977–Sep 1978 10-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	-3.0°F (-1.7°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Nov 1977–Sep 1978 11-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Oct 1977–Sep 1978 12-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-2.6°F (-1.5°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Apr 1977–Sep 1978 18-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1984
Oct 1976–Sep 1978 24-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978, 1979
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1979
Oct 1975–Sep 1978 36-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1979
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2018
Oct 1974–Sep 1978 48-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979, 1980
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2019
	Ties: 1969
Oct 1973–Sep 1978 60-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1981
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020
	Ties: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/