Paducah, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Paducah's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 23.9 inches of precipitation and 4 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.9°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 36°C, 607 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPaducah
- Station IDUSC00416740
- Location34.01°N 100.30°W
- Elevation1,900 ft (579 m)
- Population967
On October 22, the normal high in Paducah is 75°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Paducah.
- Jan 55° 27°
- Feb 59° 31°
- Mar 68° 39°
- Apr 77° 47°
- May 85° 57°
- Jun 93° 66°
- Jul 97° 70°
- Aug 96° 69°
- Sep 88° 61°
- Oct 77° 49°
- Nov 65° 38°
- Dec 55° 29°
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 Paducah each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.54 in), the least in January (0.84 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 27°F | 41.2°F | 0.84 | 0.7 | 3 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 31°F | 44.8°F | 0.88 | 1.1 | 3 | <1 | 15 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 39°F | 53.2°F | 1.62 | 0.2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 77°F | 47°F | 61.7°F | 2.36 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 57°F | 70.8°F | 3.32 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 93°F | 66°F | 79.5°F | 3.54 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 97°F | 70°F | 83.6°F | 1.89 | 0.0 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 69°F | 82.5°F | 2.20 | 0.0 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 61°F | 74.3°F | 2.93 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 49°F | 63.3°F | 1.91 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 38°F | 51.4°F | 1.35 | 0.4 | 3 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 55°F | 29°F | 42.0°F | 1.04 | 1.1 | 3 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 49°F | 62.4°F | 23.88 | 3.6 | 53 | 111 | 71 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −3°C | 5.1°C | 21 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 15°C | −1°C | 7.1°C | 22 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 20°C | 4°C | 11.8°C | 41 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 25°C | 8°C | 16.5°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 14°C | 21.6°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 19°C | 26.4°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 21°C | 28.7°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 20°C | 28.1°C | 56 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 16°C | 23.5°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 10°C | 17.4°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 3°C | 10.8°C | 34 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 13°C | −2°C | 5.6°C | 26 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00416740; 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 Paducah?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00416740.
When is the last frost in Paducah?
In Paducah, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 30 in half of years and after April 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 7 in half of years and before October 22 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 301 year in 10 after April 15; 9 in 10 after March 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 71 year in 10 before October 22; 9 in 10 before November 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 223 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 245 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 15 in half of springs and before November 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paducah in zone 8a in ZIP code 79248, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Paducah's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (20 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 Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00416740; 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 Paducah?
In a normal year in Paducah, 111 days a year reach 90°F (39 of them 100°F or more), 71 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 53 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 111a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 39a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 71a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 53a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1954) is 118°F, on June 28, 1994; the lowest is −7°F, on December 24, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 38.13 in; the snowiest season is 1967–68, with 28.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00416740; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00416740. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Paducah?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Paducah, 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.2 |
| February | 79% | 3.9 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 82% | 6.2 |
| May | 82% | 6.8 |
| June | 89% | 7.4 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 85% | 5.4 |
| October | 83% | 4.3 |
| November | 83% | 3.3 |
| December | 80% | 2.8 |
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 Paducah need?
A normal year in Paducah brings 3,163 heating degree days, 41% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,239 cooling degree days, 2.5 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 5,547 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 736 | 0 |
| February | 566 | 2 |
| March | 381 | 15 |
| April | 162 | 63 |
| May | 40 | 219 |
| June | 1 | 436 |
| July | 0 | 577 |
| August | 0 | 543 |
| September | 15 | 296 |
| October | 134 | 81 |
| November | 414 | 8 |
| December | 713 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,163 | 2,239 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00416740. 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 Paducah been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.2°F, 0.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.4°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 64.2°F | +1.8°F | 22.24 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 64.5°F | +2.1°F | 26.90 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 63.2°F | +0.8°F | 23.52 | 1.4 |
Over 47 complete years from 1956 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00416740; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Paducah's climate compare?
Paducah is warmer than 51 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 99. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.4°F is warmer than 81%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Paducah 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.
What do Paducah's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Paducah. This page uses Paducah; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paducah (15 mi S) USC00416742 | 14 mi S | 1,832 ft | 61.7°F | 27°F | 95°F | 23.7 | 3 | April 5 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Paducah's climate
What is the coldest month in Paducah?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Paducah?
Yes: 4 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (1.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Paducah?
June, with 3.54 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.84 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Paducah in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Paducah in zone 8a in ZIP code 79248, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Paducah's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Paducah?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 30; in one year in ten it comes after April 15. Waiting until April 15 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Guthrie, TX26 miles from this station, 63.2°F a year
- Childress, TX29 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Matador, TX29 miles from this station, 61.0°F a year
- Truscott (3 mi W), TX30 miles from this station, 63.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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