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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, January 2016

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 2016 1-Month	31.6°F (-0.2°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1977
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1950
	Ties: 1915, 1959
Dec 2015–Jan 2016 2-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	35.0°F (1.7°C)	5.2°F (2.9°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1918
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1932
	Ties: 1972
Nov 2015–Jan 2016 3-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	38.4°F (3.6°C)	5.3°F (2.9°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	1932
Oct 2015–Jan 2016 4-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	4.2°F (2.3°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1932
	Ties: 1950
Sep 2015–Jan 2016 5-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	3.6°F (2.0°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1932
Aug 2015–Jan 2016 6-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	1932
	Ties: 1972, 2006
Jul 2015–Jan 2016 7-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	1932
Jun 2015–Jan 2016 8-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	1932
May 2015–Jan 2016 9-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	1932
	Ties: 1901, 1934
Apr 2015–Jan 2016 10-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	1932
	Ties: 1942
Mar 2015–Jan 2016 11-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1918
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2017
	Ties: 1923, 1999, 2012, 2020
Feb 2015–Jan 2016 12-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1918
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1942, 1953
Aug 2014–Jan 2016 18-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1918
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1938, 1972, 1991, 2001, 2002
Feb 2014–Jan 2016 24-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1918
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	1923
	Ties: 1921, 1936, 1945, 1974, 2011
Feb 2013–Jan 2016 36-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1979
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	2019
	Ties: 1926, 1953, 1997
Feb 2012–Jan 2016 48-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1980
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1926, 1938, 1988, 1994
Feb 2011–Jan 2016 60-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1981
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1926, 1933, 1939, 1950, 1958, 2010, 2012, 2014

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/