Skyline, 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 Skyline's primary NOAA station, SKYLINE 1 SE.
The climate verdict for Skyline
Water is the standout signal in Skyline, Kentucky: 49.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 56°F. It scores 78/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 72% of them.
- 56°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 78/100
- comfort score, above 72% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.9"
- annual precipitation · 17" snow
- 193 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Skyline: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00157431 · Skyline, KY 56°F mean · 49.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,391
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rocky Mt
- PRCP-MID 49.9"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 78/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,287 HDD
- STN-1 USC00157431
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rocky Mt, VA (+ 0.1 °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.
- Skyline (this station) 56°F
- Cold Baxter, KY 56°F
- Hot Rocky Mt, VA 56°F
- Near Elizabethton, TN 56°F
- Near Jefferson City, TN 56°F
Climate Living Index · Skyline
Skyline: 61/100 · grade C
Skyline publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Skyline, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 78/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 109 calendar days | 71/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.0°F · 11.5° from 67.5°F | 63/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 193 days/year | 59/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 16.7 inches/year | 53/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 49.9 in · 14.9 from 35 in | 48/100 · D |
Skyline · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Skyline is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 35.5°F and warmest-month mean 74.8°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
- 74.8°F
- Coldest month
- 35.5°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 Skyline sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Skyline's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 64th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 20% wettest
- Skyline's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 33rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Skyline compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Skyline's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
78 Top 28% score exceeds 72% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 45°F (7°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.7" | 5.3" | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (10°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.9" | 4.2" | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.8" | 3.1" | 14.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.5" | 0.1" | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.9" | 0.1" | 1.6 | 0.3 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.2" | 0.3" | 17.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 49°F (9°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 4.5" | 3.6" | 17.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 18, short of 90°F on every date, while 109 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 8, then returns to freezing around November 21, covering 109 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 7, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 16 at 30%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 147 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 10 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 Skyline.
Where Skyline Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 50 inches.
Skyline 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: 5.3"
13.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.2"
12.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.1"
13.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
13.0 days with precipitation
14.0 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
9.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
10.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
13.1 days with precipitation
Skyline 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 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Skyline has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.7" and October 2.9". 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 Skyline's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 147 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 49.9" 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.
Winter brings real snow to Skyline
Skyline averages 16.7 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 11 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: 16.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 11 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 3% 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 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
193 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,287
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,043
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Skyline 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 (56°F here).
- Bolivar, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Chestertown, MD 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbia, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Du Quoin, IL 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Easton, WA 49.8" · 0.0" off
- Princeton, IN 49.8" · 0.0" off
- Clayton, NC 49.9" · 0.0" off
- Crescent City, FL 49.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Skyline
heating led · wet · mid swing
Skyline's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,287 annual heating degree days against 1,043 for cooling. Its 39.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Skyline's frost-free season lasts about 193 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. Skyline coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 36°F (2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Skyline typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Skyline snow peak
January
Skyline averages 16.7 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Skyline's primary station: SKYLINE 1 SE (USC00157431). 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 Skyline; 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 Skyline 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.