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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 1979

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1979 1-Month	66.7°F (19.3°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1918
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1925
	Ties: 1917
Aug–Sep 1979 2-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1936
	Ties: 1928
Jul–Sep 1979 3-Month	71.4°F (21.9°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1936
	Ties: 1918, 1946, 1982, 1996, 2004
Jun–Sep 1979 4-Month	71.2°F (21.8°C)	73.0°F (22.8°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1936
	Ties: 1917, 1963
May–Sep 1979 5-Month	69.5°F (20.8°C)	71.4°F (21.9°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1936
	Ties: 1950, 1961, 1963
Apr–Sep 1979 6-Month	66.9°F (19.4°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2010
Mar–Sep 1979 7-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	65.3°F (18.5°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1950
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1921
	Ties: 1975
Feb–Sep 1979 8-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1958
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1921
	Ties: 1917, 1924
Jan–Sep 1979 9-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-2.8°F (-1.6°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1921
	Ties: 1940
Dec 1978–Sep 1979 10-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Nov 1978–Sep 1979 11-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1996
Oct 1978–Sep 1979 12-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-2.0°F (-1.2°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1940, 1958, 1977
Apr 1978–Sep 1979 18-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012, 2017
Oct 1977–Sep 1979 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: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1978
Oct 1976–Sep 1979 36-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
Oct 1975–Sep 1979 48-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979, 1980
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019
	Ties: 1980
Oct 1974–Sep 1979 60-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1981
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
	Ties: 1980

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/