Eddyville, Kentucky climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Eddyville's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 53.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.1°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,349 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationEddyville (5 mi S)
- Station IDUSC00152442
- Location37.05°N 88.07°W
- Elevation523 ft (159 m)
- Population2,332
On October 23, the normal high in Eddyville is 71°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 34%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Eddyville.
- Jan 48° 30°
- Feb 52° 34°
- Mar 62° 41°
- Apr 72° 50°
- May 79° 59°
- Jun 87° 67°
- Jul 90° 71°
- Aug 90° 70°
- Sep 85° 62°
- Oct 74° 52°
- Nov 61° 42°
- Dec 51° 34°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Eddyville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.29 in), the least in September (3.74 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 30°F | 38.8°F | 4.01 | 12 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 52°F | 34°F | 42.8°F | 4.51 | 12 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 41°F | 51.6°F | 4.42 | 14 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 50°F | 61.0°F | 5.24 | 12 | <1 | 1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 59°F | 69.3°F | 4.98 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 67°F | 77.1°F | 5.29 | 11 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 90°F | 71°F | 80.4°F | 3.99 | 11 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 90°F | 70°F | 80.1°F | 3.82 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 85°F | 62°F | 73.6°F | 3.74 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 52°F | 62.8°F | 4.01 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 42°F | 51.3°F | 4.19 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 51°F | 34°F | 42.4°F | 4.90 | 12 | <1 | 14 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 51°F | 60.9°F | 53.10 | 135 | 50 | 58 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −1°C | 3.8°C | 102 mm |
| February | 11°C | 1°C | 6.0°C | 115 mm |
| March | 17°C | 5°C | 10.9°C | 112 mm |
| April | 22°C | 10°C | 16.1°C | 133 mm |
| May | 26°C | 15°C | 20.7°C | 126 mm |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 25.1°C | 134 mm |
| July | 32°C | 22°C | 26.9°C | 101 mm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 97 mm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 95 mm |
| October | 23°C | 11°C | 17.1°C | 102 mm |
| November | 16°C | 5°C | 10.7°C | 106 mm |
| December | 10°C | 1°C | 5.8°C | 124 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Princeton (12 miles away), gets 9 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00152442; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Eddyville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00152442.
When is the last frost in Eddyville?
In Eddyville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 27 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 8 in half of years and before October 27 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 271 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after March 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 81 year in 10 before October 27; 9 in 10 before November 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 225 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 250 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 15 in half of springs and before November 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eddyville in zone 7a in ZIP code 42038, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Eddyville's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (16 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kentucky · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00152442; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Eddyville?
In a normal year in Eddyville, 50 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 58 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 135 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 50a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 58a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 7high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 135a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00152442.
How sunny is Eddyville?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Eddyville, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (83%) and December the cloudiest (64%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 64% | 2.1 |
| February | 64% | 2.8 |
| March | 67% | 3.8 |
| April | 73% | 5.1 |
| May | 74% | 5.7 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 83% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.5 |
| November | 72% | 2.5 |
| December | 64% | 1.8 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Eddyville need?
A normal year in Eddyville brings 3,354 heating degree days, 38% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,902 cooling degree days, 2.1 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,132 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 814 | 0 |
| February | 624 | 1 |
| March | 427 | 10 |
| April | 169 | 51 |
| May | 43 | 176 |
| June | 1 | 364 |
| July | 0 | 477 |
| August | 0 | 468 |
| September | 14 | 271 |
| October | 144 | 76 |
| November | 418 | 7 |
| December | 701 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,354 | 1,902 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00152442. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Eddyville been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 62.6°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.9°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61.5°F | +0.6°F | 60.56 |
| 2023 | 62.6°F | +1.8°F | 55.23 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00152442. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Eddyville's climate compare?
Eddyville is warmer than 67 of the other 67 places with their own NOAA record in Kentucky, and wetter than 48. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.9°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Eddyville is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Eddyville share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Kuttawa, KY674 people · 2 mi W
- Fredonia, KY373 people · 11 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Eddyville's climate
What is the coldest month in Eddyville?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Eddyville?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Eddyville's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Princeton (12 miles away), records 9 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Eddyville?
June, with 5.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.74 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Eddyville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Eddyville in zone 7a in ZIP code 42038, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Eddyville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Eddyville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 27; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kentucky climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Princeton, KY12 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Benton, KY20 miles from this station, 56.9°F a year
- Kenlake Resort, KY21 miles from this station, 59.1°F a year
- Smithland Lock and Dam, IL21 miles from this station, 57.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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