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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, March 2004

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 2004 1-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	3.9°F (2.2°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1960
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1936
Feb–Mar 2004 2-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1960
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1898
Jan–Mar 2004 3-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1978
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1910, 2018, 2022
Dec 2003–Mar 2004 4-Month	38.9°F (3.8°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1978
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1911, 1975
Nov 2003–Mar 2004 5-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	39.4°F (4.1°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1978
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1957, 1990
Oct 2003–Mar 2004 6-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	42.3°F (5.7°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1977
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1923, 1990
Sep 2003–Mar 2004 7-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1913, 1953, 2007, 2018
Aug 2003–Mar 2004 8-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1977
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1925, 1953, 1983, 1998
Jul 2003–Mar 2004 9-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932
	Ties: 1933, 1983, 1995
Jun 2003–Mar 2004 10-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1913, 1931, 2013
May 2003–Mar 2004 11-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1977
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1916, 1956
Apr 2003–Mar 2004 12-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1977
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1920, 1944, 2003
Oct 2002–Mar 2004 18-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1908, 1948, 1984, 1989
Apr 2002–Mar 2004 24-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1978
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1924, 1940, 1942, 1993, 2002
Apr 2001–Mar 2004 36-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1979
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1921
Apr 2000–Mar 2004 48-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1980
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1901, 1942, 1947, 1974, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2010, 2015
Apr 1999–Mar 2004 60-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1981
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2020
	Ties: 1925, 1933, 1956, 2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/