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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, August 1980

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1980 1-Month	78.5°F (25.8°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	3.7°F (2.0°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1927, 1967
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2007
Jul–Aug 1980 2-Month	78.6°F (25.9°C)	75.5°F (24.2°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1967
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	1936
Jun–Aug 1980 3-Month	76.1°F (24.5°C)	74.6°F (23.7°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1967
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1936
	Ties: 1941, 1999
May–Aug 1980 4-Month	73.0°F (22.8°C)	72.0°F (22.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1967
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	1936
	Ties: 1905, 1939, 2002
Apr–Aug 1980 5-Month	69.0°F (20.6°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1961
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2010
	Ties: 1939, 1969
Mar–Aug 1980 6-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	64.8°F (18.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1960
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1916, 1937, 1956, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1990
Feb–Aug 1980 7-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1960
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1928, 1961, 1967, 1996
Jan–Aug 1980 8-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1905, 1915, 1969, 1972, 1994
Dec 1979–Aug 1980 9-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1924, 1951
Nov 1979–Aug 1980 10-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1967
Oct 1979–Aug 1980 11-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1997, 2003
Sep 1979–Aug 1980 12-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1899, 1924, 1966, 1997, 2015
Mar 1979–Aug 1980 18-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1994
Sep 1978–Aug 1980 24-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1964, 1997
Sep 1977–Aug 1980 36-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2018
Sep 1976–Aug 1980 48-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1980
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2019
Sep 1975–Aug 1980 60-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1981
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	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 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/