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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, July 1998

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
July 1998 1-Month	76.0°F (24.4°C)	76.3°F (24.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1947
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	1901
Jun–Jul 1998 2-Month	74.8°F (23.8°C)	74.5°F (23.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1974
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1934
	Ties: 1897, 1905, 1948, 1957, 1980, 2008
May–Jul 1998 3-Month	72.5°F (22.5°C)	71.1°F (21.7°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	1934
Apr–Jul 1998 4-Month	68.0°F (20.0°C)	67.1°F (19.5°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1961
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2010
	Ties: 1902, 1911, 1949
Mar–Jul 1998 5-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	62.8°F (17.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1960
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1903, 1913, 2000, 2018, 2019
Feb–Jul 1998 6-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1947
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 1987, 2019
Jan–Jul 1998 7-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 1938, 1952, 1953
Dec 1997–Jul 1998 8-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
Nov 1997–Jul 1998 9-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 2020
Oct 1997–Jul 1998 10-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1952, 1974, 2019
Sep 1997–Jul 1998 11-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	1932, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 1946, 1952, 1987, 2008, 2018
Aug 1997–Jul 1998 12-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2017
	Ties: 1909, 1914, 1925, 1927, 1938, 1948, 1987, 2004, 2011, 2018
Feb 1997–Jul 1998 18-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1938, 1956, 2001
Aug 1996–Jul 1998 24-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1915, 1928, 1940
Aug 1995–Jul 1998 36-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1979
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2018
	Ties: 1928, 1985, 1995
Aug 1994–Jul 1998 48-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1980
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2019
	Ties: 1908, 1912, 1913, 1926, 1927, 1995
Aug 1993–Jul 1998 60-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1981
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1907, 1996

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/