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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, January 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 2003 1-Month	28.4°F (-2.0°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	-5.2°F (-2.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1977
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1950
	Ties: 1895, 1981
Dec 2002–Jan 2003 2-Month	32.4°F (0.2°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1918
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1956
Nov 2002–Jan 2003 3-Month	36.2°F (2.3°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1915, 1959
Oct 2002–Jan 2003 4-Month	41.5°F (5.3°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1896, 1968
Sep 2002–Jan 2003 5-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1926, 1930, 2010, 2015
Aug 2002–Jan 2003 6-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1917, 1988
Jul 2002–Jan 2003 7-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1917, 1929, 1952
Jun 2002–Jan 2003 8-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	58.1°F (14.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1924
May 2002–Jan 2003 9-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1917, 1921, 1986
Apr 2002–Jan 2003 10-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1957, 1986, 1989
Mar 2002–Jan 2003 11-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.2°F (14.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1918
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1933, 1946, 1983, 2004
Feb 2002–Jan 2003 12-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1918
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1916, 1958, 2011
Aug 2001–Jan 2003 18-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1918
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1939, 1943, 1949, 2005, 2019, 2022
Feb 2001–Jan 2003 24-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1918
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1923
	Ties: 1920, 1954
Feb 2000–Jan 2003 36-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1979
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1936, 1941, 1954, 1957, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2004, 2005
Feb 1999–Jan 2003 48-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1980
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2020
	Ties: 1925, 1940, 1950, 1956, 2001, 2005, 2006
Feb 1998–Jan 2003 60-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1981
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1934, 1936, 2008

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/