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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, August 1987

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1987 1-Month	76.7°F (24.8°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1927, 1967
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2007
	Ties: 2021
Jul–Aug 1987 2-Month	76.8°F (24.9°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1967
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1936
	Ties: 1899, 1914, 1931, 1932, 1949, 2020
Jun–Aug 1987 3-Month	75.9°F (24.4°C)	74.5°F (23.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1967
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1936
	Ties: 1930, 1932, 1949, 2012, 2022
May–Aug 1987 4-Month	74.3°F (23.5°C)	72.0°F (22.2°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1967
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1936
Apr–Aug 1987 5-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1961
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2010
	Ties: 1913, 1977, 2002, 2007, 2018
Mar–Aug 1987 6-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1960
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Feb–Aug 1987 7-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1960
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1952, 1953, 2022
Jan–Aug 1987 8-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1946, 2011
Dec 1986–Aug 1987 9-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
Nov 1986–Aug 1987 10-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2012
	Ties: 1933, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1986, 2018
Oct 1986–Aug 1987 11-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1978
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1938, 1942, 1943
Sep 1986–Aug 1987 12-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1957, 1995
Mar 1986–Aug 1987 18-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1918
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 2018
Sep 1985–Aug 1987 24-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1923, 1934, 1992
Sep 1984–Aug 1987 36-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1936, 1992
Sep 1983–Aug 1987 48-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1980
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2019
	Ties: 1914, 1941, 1943, 1951, 1953, 1974, 2015
Sep 1982–Aug 1987 60-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1981
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1911, 1926, 1940, 1947, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/