Manchester, KY Climate: Temperature by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Manchester's primary NOAA station, MANCHESTER 4 W.
The climate verdict for Manchester
Manchester, Kentucky has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 55°F. July is the warmest month at 75°F and January the coldest at 34°F.
- 55°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 170 days
- frost-free growing season
Manchester: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00155111 · Manchester, KY 55°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 55°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,185
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Twin Arrows
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 4,504 HDD
- STN-1 USC00155111
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Twin Arrows, AZ (+ 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 Milton Freewater, OR 56°F
- Manchester (this station) 55°F
- Cold Lynchburg, VA 55°F
- Near Twin Arrows, AZ 55°F
- Near Jamestown, TN 55°F
Climate Living Index · Manchester
Manchester: 58/100 · grade C
Manchester publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Manchester, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 123 calendar days | 63/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.3°F · 12.2° from 67.5°F | 60/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 170 days/year | 42/100 · D |
Manchester · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Manchester sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Manchester are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 61st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 40th 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 | 46°F (8°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | N/A | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 20.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (16°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 15.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 71°F (22°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 6.5 | 0.1 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 9.1 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.3 | 3.6 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | N/A | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 60°F (16°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 16.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 51°F (10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 22.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 7, short of 90°F on every date, while 123 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 12, then returns to freezing around November 11, covering 123 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 19 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Manchester.
Where Manchester Stands Nationally
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Manchester earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
170 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,504
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,012
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Manchester 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).
- Clinton, MO 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Eureka, KS 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Leonard Wood, MO 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Gatlinburg, TN 55°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Manchester's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Manchester's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,504 annual heating degree days against 1,012 for cooling. Its 40.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Manchester's frost-free season lasts about 170 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 Manchester'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.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Manchester'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 Manchester'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 Manchester, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Manchester's climate
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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 Manchester's primary station: MANCHESTER 4 W (USC00155111). 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 2149656). Match rule for Manchester: 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 Manchester 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.