Olive Hill, KY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Olive Hill's primary NOAA station, OLIVE HILL 5NE.
The climate verdict for Olive Hill
Water is the standout signal in Olive Hill, Kentucky: 49.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 52°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.8"
- annual precipitation · 18" snow
- 177 days
- frost-free growing season
Olive Hill: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00156012 · Olive Hill, KY 52°F mean · 49.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Groton
- PRCP-MID 49.8"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,323 HDD
- STN-1 USC00156012
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Groton, CT (+ 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.
- Olive Hill (this station) 52°F
- Cold Pelton Dam, OR 52°F
- Hot Espanola, NM 52°F
- Near Groton, CT 52°F
- Near Spencer, WV 52°F
Climate Living Index · Olive Hill
Olive Hill: 50/100 · grade D
Olive Hill publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Olive Hill, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 17.5 inches/year | 52/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 143 calendar days | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.3°F · 15.2° from 67.5°F | 50/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 177 days/year | 48/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 49.8 in · 14.8 from 35 in | 48/100 · D |
Olive Hill · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Olive Hill is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 30.5°F and warmest-month mean 72.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 72.4°F
- Coldest month
- 30.5°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 Olive Hill sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Olive Hill's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 50th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 20% wettest
- Olive Hill's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 44th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Olive Hill compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Olive Hill's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (4°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 3.4" | 5.0" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.3" | 5.2" | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 4.9" | 3.0" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 66°F (19°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.4" | 0.3" | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 6.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 3.0" | 0.4" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 4.0" | 3.6" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around August 4, short of 90°F on every date, while 143 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 20°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 28, then returns to freezing around November 7, covering 143 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 5, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 16 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 142 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 15 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 Olive Hill.
Where Olive Hill Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 50 inches.
Olive Hill 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 and snowfall
Snow: 5.0"
13.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
12.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.0"
11.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
12.3 days with precipitation
13.9 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
10.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
13.3 days with precipitation
Olive Hill spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Olive Hill has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 6.0" and November 3.0". The three wettest months together take 32% 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.
When it rains in Olive Hill, it arrives in quantity
49.8" of precipitation falls across only about 141 wet days here, averaging 0.35 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 141 a year, 39% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.35 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 14
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 9
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Olive Hill
Olive Hill averages 17.5 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 16 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 17.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 16 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 4% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
177 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,323
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
719
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Olive Hill 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 (52°F here).
- Albany, MO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Avondale, PA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Benkelman, NE 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Bremerton, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Easton, WA 49.8" · 0.0" off
- Princeton, IN 49.8" · 0.0" off
- Lake City, SC 49.8" · 0.0" off
- Glennville, GA 49.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Olive Hill
heating led · wet · mid swing
Olive Hill's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,323 annual heating degree days against 719 for cooling. Its 41.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Olive Hill's frost-free season lasts about 177 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Olive Hill coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 31°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Olive Hill typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Olive Hill snow peak
February
Olive Hill averages 17.5 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Olive Hill's primary station: OLIVE HILL 5NE (USC00156012). 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 2157918). Match rule for Olive Hill: 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 Olive Hill 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.