Inez, 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 Inez's primary NOAA station, INEZ 2 E.
The climate verdict for Inez
Water is the standout signal in Inez, Kentucky: 47.7 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
- 47.7"
- annual precipitation
- 187 days
- frost-free growing season
Inez: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00154138 · Inez, KY 55°F mean · 47.7" 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 #4,117
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Corrales
- PRCP-MID 47.7"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,639 HDD
- STN-1 USC00154138
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Corrales, NM (+ 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.
- Inez (this station) 55°F
- Cold Lexington, VA 55°F
- Hot Kennewick, WA 55°F
- Near Corrales, NM 55°F
- Near Clarksburg Bene…, WV 55°F
Climate Living Index · Inez
Inez: 58/100 · grade C
Inez publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Inez, 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 | 127 calendar days | 60/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.0°F · 12.5° from 67.5°F | 59/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 187 days/year | 55/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 47.7 in · 12.7 from 35 in | 55/100 · C |
Inez · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Inez is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 34.0°F and warmest-month mean 74.9°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
- 74.9°F
- Coldest month
- 34.0°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 Inez sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Inez'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 25% wettest
- Inez'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 Inez compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Inez'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 | 44°F (6°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.5" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.4" | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 4.3" | 17.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.1" | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| May | 76°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.8" | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.6" | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| October | 69°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.1" | 3.2 | 0.4 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.1" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.1" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 127 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 19, then returns to freezing around November 14, covering 127 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 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Inez.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Inez spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Inez has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.6" and October 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
187 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,639
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,020
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Inez 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).
- Buffalo, MO 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Carmi, IL 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Cassoday, KS 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Charleston, IL 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gardiner, ME 47.7" · 0.0" off
- Du Quoin, IL 47.7" · 0.0" off
- Edgartown, MA 47.7" · 0.0" off
- Watkinsville, GA 47.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Inez's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Inez's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,639 annual heating degree days against 1,020 for cooling. Its 40.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Inez's frost-free season lasts about 187 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 Inez's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.9°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, Inez carries 47.7 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 Inez'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 Inez, 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 Inez's primary station: INEZ 2 E (USC00154138). 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 2139430). Match rule for Inez: 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 Inez 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.