Summer Shade, KY Climate: Temperature & Rain 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 Summer Shade's primary NOAA station, SUMMER SHADE.
The climate verdict for Summer Shade
Water is the standout signal in Summer Shade, Kentucky: 49.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 57°F. It scores 74/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 69% of them.
- 57°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 74/100
- comfort score, above 69% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.6"
- annual precipitation · 7" snow
- 175 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Summer Shade: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00157800 · Summer Shade, KY 57°F mean · 49.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,528
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ London Corbin
- PRCP-MID 49.6"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-TOP 74/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,128 HDD
- STN-1 USC00157800
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: London Corbin, KY (+ 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.
- Summer Shade (this station) 57°F
- Hot Hiko, NV 57°F
- Near London Corbin, KY 57°F
- Near Smithville, TN 57°F
- Near Scottsville, KY 57°F
Climate Living Index · Summer Shade
Summer Shade: 62/100 · grade C
Summer Shade publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Summer Shade, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 74/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 112 calendar days | 69/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 7.2 inches/year | 67/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.9°F · 10.6° from 67.5°F | 66/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 49.6 in · 14.6 from 35 in | 49/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 175 days/year | 46/100 · D |
Summer Shade · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Summer Shade is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 35.8°F and warmest-month mean 76.2°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
- 76.2°F
- Coldest month
- 35.8°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 Summer Shade sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Summer Shade's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 66th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 20% wettest
- Summer Shade's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 37th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Summer Shade compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Summer Shade's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
74 Top 31% score exceeds 69% 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 | 48°F (9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.9" | 3.2" | 22.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 53°F (12°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 4.2" | 1.8" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 61°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 4.8" | 0.8" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| May | 80°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 14.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 51°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 4.6" | 1.4" | 21.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 7, short of 90°F on every date, while 112 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 8, then returns to freezing around November 18, covering 112 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 April 27, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 3 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 114 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Summer Shade.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 3.2"
10.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
10.9 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
11.1 days with precipitation
Summer Shade spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Summer Shade has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: March averages 4.8" and October 3.6". The three wettest months together take 28% 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 Summer Shade, it arrives in quantity
49.6" of precipitation falls across only about 114 wet days here, averaging 0.44 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 114 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 7
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.
Snow reaches Summer Shade, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 7.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 4 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
175 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,128
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,215
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Summer Shade 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 (57°F here).
- Ashland, KS 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Clearlake, CA 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Diamond, MO 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Supply, OK 57°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- El Campo, TX 49.6" · 0.0" off
- Fitchburg, MA 49.6" · 0.0" off
- Walpole, MA 49.6" · 0.0" off
- Haverhill, MA 49.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Summer Shade's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Summer Shade's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,128 annual heating degree days against 1,215 for cooling. Its 40.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Summer Shade's frost-free season lasts about 175 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 Summer Shade's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.4°F. The annual average is 57°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Summer Shade carries 49.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 7.2 inches. 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 Summer Shade'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 Summer Shade, 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 Summer Shade's primary station: SUMMER SHADE (USC00157800). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 2174586), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Summer Shade: 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 Summer Shade 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.