Taylorsville Lake, 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 Taylorsville Lake's primary NOAA station, TAYLORSVILLE LAKE.
The climate verdict for Taylorsville Lake
Water is the standout signal in Taylorsville Lake, Kentucky: 52.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 56°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 56°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.5"
- precipitation, annual total
- 176 days
- frost-free growing season
Taylorsville Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00157950 · Taylorsville Lake, KY 56°F mean · 52.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,322
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mt Vernon
- PRCP-WET 52.5"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,594 HDD
- STN-1 USC00157950
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mt Vernon, IN (+ 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.
- Taylorsville La… (this station) 56°F
- Cold Lebanon, MO 56°F
- Hot Crane Nsa, IN 56°F
- Near Mt Vernon, IN 56°F
- Near Elnora, IN 56°F
Climate Living Index · Taylorsville Lake
Taylorsville Lake: 51/100 · grade D
Taylorsville Lake publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Taylorsville Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 55.9°F · 11.6° from 67.5°F | 62/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 147 calendar days | 49/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 176 days/year | 47/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 52.5 in · 17.5 from 35 in | 38/100 · F |
Taylorsville Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Taylorsville Lake is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 32.7°F and warmest-month mean 77.2°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
- 77.2°F
- Coldest month
- 32.7°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 Taylorsville Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Taylorsville Lake's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 63rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 14% wettest
- Taylorsville Lake's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 56th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Taylorsville Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Taylorsville Lake'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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 3.5" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.9" | 20.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 5.0" | 15.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.9" | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 5.6" | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 19.5 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 15.4 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.7" | 0.3 | 9.3 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.9" | 3.2 | 1.1 |
| November | 58°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.9" | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.5" | 20.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Taylorsville Lake works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 14 and hold at or above 90°F on 34 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 113 dates, bottoming at 22°F around January 18.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 4 through August 6, covering 34 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 16 to October 19.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 14, then returns to freezing around November 23, covering 113 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
October 6 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 Taylorsville Lake.
Where Taylorsville Lake Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 53 inches.
Taylorsville Lake 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
Taylorsville Lake spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Taylorsville Lake has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.6" and August 3.5". The three wettest months together take 30% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
176 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,594
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,321
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Taylorsville Lake 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).
- Beltsville, MD 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Chanute, KS 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Dodge City, KS 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Elizabethton, TN 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Carthage, TN 52.5" · 0.0" off
- Charleston, SC 52.5" · 0.0" off
- Clendenin, WV 52.5" · 0.0" off
- Newnan, GA 52.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Taylorsville Lake's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Taylorsville Lake's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,594 annual heating degree days against 1,321 for cooling. Its 44.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Taylorsville Lake's frost-free season lasts about 176 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 Taylorsville Lake's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.5°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Taylorsville Lake carries 52.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Taylorsville Lake'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 Taylorsville Lake, 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 Taylorsville Lake's primary station: TAYLORSVILLE LAKE (USC00157950). 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 Taylorsville Lake; 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 Taylorsville Lake 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.