Bardwell, KY Climate: Temperature by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bardwell's primary NOAA station, BARDWELL 2 E.
The climate verdict for Bardwell
Bardwell, Kentucky has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 58°F. July is the warmest month at 79°F and January the coldest at 36°F.
- 58°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 207 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Bardwell: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00150402 · Bardwell, KY 58°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,803
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ W Paducah
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 4,025 HDD
- STN-1 USC00150402
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: W Paducah, KY (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every KY station list.
- Bardwell (this station) 58°F
- Cold Springfield, TN 58°F
- Hot Boys Rch, TX 58°F
- Near W Paducah, KY 58°F
- Near Hopkinsville, KY 58°F
Climate Living Index · Bardwell
Bardwell: 74/100 · grade B
Bardwell publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bardwell, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 89 calendar days | 79/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.2°F · 9.3° from 67.5°F | 70/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 207 days/year | 69/100 · C |
Bardwell · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Bardwell sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Bardwell are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Top 30% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Bardwell sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 53rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | N/A | 22.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (10°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | N/A | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 71°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | N/A | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 16.8 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (25°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 14.1 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 71°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | N/A | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| November | 58°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | N/A | 11.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 19.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 89 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 26°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 23, then returns to freezing around November 27, covering 89 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
October 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bardwell.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
207 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,025
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,575
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Bardwell on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (58°F here).
- Batesville, AR 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Clarksville, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Henderson, NC 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Mexican Hat, UT 58°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Bardwell's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Bardwell's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,025 annual heating degree days against 1,575 for cooling. Its 43.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Bardwell's frost-free season lasts about 207 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Bardwell's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.9°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Bardwell's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Bardwell's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Bardwell, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Bardwell's climate
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Bardwell's primary station: BARDWELL 2 E (USC00150402). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 2103664). Match rule for Bardwell: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Bardwell comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.