Eastern Kentucky Univ, KY Climate: Temperature by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Eastern Kentucky Univ's primary NOAA station, EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIV.
The climate verdict for Eastern Kentucky Univ
Eastern Kentucky Univ, Kentucky has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 56°F. July is the warmest month at 77°F and January the coldest at 34°F.
- 56°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 190 days
- frost-free growing season
Eastern Kentucky Univ: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00152409 · Eastern Kentucky Univ, KY 56°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,322
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hamlin
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 4,548 HDD
- STN-1 USC00152409
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hamlin, WV (+ 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.
- Eastern Kentuck… (this station) 56°F
- Hot Hartley, TX 56°F
- Near Hamlin, WV 56°F
- Near New York, NY 56°F
- Near Wasola, MO 56°F
Climate Living Index · Eastern Kentucky Univ
Eastern Kentucky Univ: 67/100 · grade C
Eastern Kentucky Univ publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Eastern Kentucky Univ, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 101 calendar days | 75/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.7°F · 11.8° from 67.5°F | 62/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 190 days/year | 57/100 · C |
Eastern Kentucky Univ · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Eastern Kentucky Univ sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Eastern Kentucky Univ are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 63rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 49th 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 | 42°F (6°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | N/A | 24.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | N/A | 19.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | N/A | 15.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| June | 83°F (29°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 10.9 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 8.1 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| October | 69°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 12.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | N/A | 21.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 101 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 8, then returns to freezing around November 29, covering 101 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 5 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 Eastern Kentucky Univ.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
190 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,548
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,206
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Eastern Kentucky Univ 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 (56°F here).
- Alton, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Boonville, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Festus, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Hamlin, WV 56°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Eastern Kentucky Univ's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Eastern Kentucky Univ's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,548 annual heating degree days against 1,206 for cooling. Its 43.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Eastern Kentucky Univ's frost-free season lasts about 190 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 Eastern Kentucky Univ's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.0°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Eastern Kentucky Univ'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 Eastern Kentucky Univ'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 Eastern Kentucky Univ, 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 Eastern Kentucky Univ's primary station: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIV (USC00152409). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Eastern Kentucky Univ; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Eastern Kentucky Univ 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.