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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 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 2002 1-Month	77.2°F (25.1°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1927, 1967
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2007
	Ties: 1955
Jul–Aug 2002 2-Month	77.8°F (25.4°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1967
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1936
	Ties: 1930, 1954, 2007
Jun–Aug 2002 3-Month	76.6°F (24.8°C)	74.5°F (23.6°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1967
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1936
May–Aug 2002 4-Month	73.0°F (22.8°C)	72.0°F (22.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1967
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	1936
	Ties: 1905, 1939, 1980
Apr–Aug 2002 5-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1961
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2010
	Ties: 1913, 1977, 1987, 2007, 2018
Mar–Aug 2002 6-Month	66.0°F (18.9°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1960
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1913, 1995, 2017
Feb–Aug 2002 7-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1960
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1946, 1977, 1999
Jan–Aug 2002 8-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2012
	Ties: 1911, 1930, 1933, 1990
Dec 2001–Aug 2002 9-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 1953, 2020
Nov 2001–Aug 2002 10-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
Oct 2001–Aug 2002 11-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 2022
Sep 2001–Aug 2002 12-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	55.6°F (13.1°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	1932
Mar 2001–Aug 2002 18-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1918
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1934, 1935, 1954, 1991, 2000, 2005
Sep 2000–Aug 2002 24-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1944, 2003, 2011
Sep 1999–Aug 2002 36-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1979
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
	Ties: 1939
Sep 1998–Aug 2002 48-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1980
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2019
	Ties: 1933, 2008
Sep 1997–Aug 2002 60-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1981
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2020
	Ties: 1934

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/