Frankfort Capital City, 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 Frankfort Capital City's primary NOAA station, FRANKFORT CAPITAL CITY AP.
The climate verdict for Frankfort Capital City
Water is the standout signal in Frankfort Capital City, Kentucky: 47.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 57°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.
- 57°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 47.3"
- yearly precipitation total
- 192 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Frankfort Capital City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00053841 · Frankfort Capital City, KY 57°F mean · 47.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,460
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hawthorne
- PRCP-MID 47.3"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,386 HDD
- STN-1 USW00053841
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hawthorne, NV (+ 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.
- Frankfort Capit… (this station) 57°F
- Hot Joplin, MO 57°F
- Near Hawthorne, NV 57°F
- Near Tuba City, AZ 57°F
- Cold Boise City, OK 56°F
Climate Living Index · Frankfort Capital City
Frankfort Capital City: 67/100 · grade C
Frankfort Capital City publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Frankfort Capital City, 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 | 94 calendar days | 78/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.5°F · 11.0° from 67.5°F | 65/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 192 days/year | 59/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 47.3 in · 12.3 from 35 in | 57/100 · C |
Frankfort Capital City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Frankfort Capital City is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 34.1°F and warmest-month mean 77.2°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
- 77.2°F
- Coldest month
- 34.1°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 Frankfort Capital City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Frankfort Capital City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 65th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 26% wettest
- Frankfort Capital City's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 49th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Frankfort Capital City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Frankfort Capital City'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
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) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.3" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.4" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.7" | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.5" | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.1" | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 9.9 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.6" | 2.7 | 0.2 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.4" | 13.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.8" | 21.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 13, short of 90°F on every date, while 94 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 3, then returns to freezing around December 1, covering 94 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 May 4, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 15 at 31%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 139 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 25 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Frankfort Capital City.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
11.2 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
12.9 days with precipitation
13.6 days with precipitation
12.6 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
Frankfort Capital City spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Frankfort Capital City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.1" and August 3.1". The three wettest months together take 31% 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.
How Frankfort Capital City's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 138 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 47.3" between them, or roughly 0.34 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
192 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,386
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,332
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Frankfort Capital City 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 (57°F here).
- Beaver, OK 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Brookneal, VA 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Channing, TX 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Dumas, TX 57°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Columbus, IN 47.3" · 0.0" off
- Bentonville, AR 47.3" · 0.0" off
- Eminence, MO 47.3" · 0.0" off
- Allentown, PA 47.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Frankfort Capital City's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Frankfort Capital City's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,386 annual heating degree days against 1,332 for cooling. Its 43.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Frankfort Capital City's frost-free season lasts about 192 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 Frankfort Capital City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.1°F. The annual average is 57°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Frankfort Capital City carries 47.3 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 Frankfort Capital City'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 Frankfort Capital City, 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 Frankfort Capital City's primary station: FRANKFORT CAPITAL CITY AP (USW00053841). 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 Frankfort Capital City; 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 Frankfort Capital City 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.