Booneville, KY Climate: Temperature & Rain 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 Booneville's primary NOAA station, BOONEVILLE 12SW.
The climate verdict for Booneville
Water is the standout signal in Booneville, Kentucky: 51.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 55°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 55°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 51.3"
- annual precipitation
- 178 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Booneville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00150860 · Booneville, KY 55°F mean · 51.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 55°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,117
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lexington
- PRCP-WET 51.3"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,654 HDD
- STN-1 USC00150860
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lexington, VA (+ 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.
- Booneville (this station) 55°F
- Hot Bluestone Lake, WV 55°F
- Near Lexington, VA 55°F
- Near Clarksburg Bene…, WV 55°F
- Near Corrales, NM 55°F
Climate Living Index · Booneville
Booneville: 54/100 · grade D
Booneville publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Booneville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 54.9°F · 12.6° from 67.5°F | 59/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 129 calendar days | 59/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 178 days/year | 48/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 51.3 in · 16.3 from 35 in | 42/100 · D |
Booneville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Booneville is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.6°F and warmest-month mean 74.6°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 74.6°F
- Coldest month
- 33.6°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Booneville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Booneville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 60th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 17% wettest
- Booneville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 40th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Booneville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Booneville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 4.0" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.9" | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.7" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.6" | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 5.2" | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 4.3 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.3" | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| November | 58°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.4" | 18.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.7" | 23.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 129 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near January 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 21, then returns to freezing around November 14, covering 129 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
April 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Booneville.
Where Booneville Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Booneville earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Booneville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Booneville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.3" and October 3.3". The three wettest months together take 30% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
178 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,654
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
993
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Booneville 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 (55°F here).
- California, MO 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Cave Junction, OR 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Clendenin, WV 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Coalmont, TN 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (51.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Elizabeth City, NC 51.3" · 0.0" off
- Daytona Beach, FL 51.3" · 0.0" off
- Kingston, RI 51.3" · 0.0" off
- Venice, FL 51.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Booneville's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Booneville's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,654 annual heating degree days against 993 for cooling. Its 41.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Booneville's frost-free season lasts about 178 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 Booneville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.0°F. The annual average is 55°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Booneville carries 51.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Booneville'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 Booneville, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Booneville's primary station: BOONEVILLE 12SW (USC00150860). 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 2108614). Match rule for Booneville: 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 Booneville 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.