Danville, KY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Danville's primary NOAA station, DANVILLE.
The climate verdict for Danville
Water is the standout signal in Danville, Kentucky: 47.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 55°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 55°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 47.9"
- yearly precipitation total
- 201 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Danville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00152040 · Danville, KY 55°F mean · 47.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 55°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,254
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Salem
- PRCP-MID 47.9"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,634 HDD
- STN-1 USC00152040
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Salem, IN (+ 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.
- Hot W Plains, MO 56°F
- Near NY Ave V Brookl…, NY 56°F
- Danville (this station) 55°F
- Cold Ava, MO 55°F
- Near Salem, IN 55°F
Climate Living Index · Danville
Danville: 63/100 · grade C
Danville publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Danville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 110 calendar days | 70/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 201 days/year | 65/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.4°F · 12.1° from 67.5°F | 61/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 47.9 in · 12.9 from 35 in | 55/100 · C |
Danville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Danville is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.0°F and warmest-month mean 75.9°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
- 75.9°F
- Coldest month
- 33.0°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 Danville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Danville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 62nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 25% wettest
- Danville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 48th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Danville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Danville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Danville's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 52 complete annual observations from 1935 to 2018, DANVILLE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.04°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Danville primary station fitted change +0.04 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.7" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.7" | 20.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.6" | 15.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.2" | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.4" | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| June | 83°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| October | 69°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.5" | 2.0 | 0.3 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.0" | 13.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.2" | 22.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 110 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 11, then returns to freezing around November 23, covering 110 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is April 30, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 13 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 124 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Danville.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
11.2 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
Danville 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 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Danville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.0" and November 3.0". 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.
When it rains in Danville, it arrives in quantity
47.9" of precipitation falls across only about 123 wet days here, averaging 0.39 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 123 a year, 34% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.39 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
201 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,634
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,169
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Danville 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).
- Appleton City, MO 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Elkton, OR 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Erwin, TN 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Greenwood, DE 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Indiana, PA 47.9" · 0.0" off
- Oak Hill, WV 47.9" · 0.0" off
- Concord, NC 47.9" · 0.0" off
- Durham, NH 47.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Danville's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Danville's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,634 annual heating degree days against 1,169 for cooling. Its 42.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Danville's frost-free season lasts about 201 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 Danville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.9°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, Danville carries 47.9 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 Danville'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 Danville, 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 Danville's primary station: DANVILLE (USC00152040). 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 2119882). Match rule for Danville: 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 Danville 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.