Warnock 2, Kentucky climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Warnock 2's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 48.2 inches of precipitation and 21 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.5°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,224 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWarnock 2
- Station IDUSC00158432
- Location38.49°N 83.02°W
- Elevation910 ft (277 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Warnock 2 is 67°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 38%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Warnock 2.
- Jan 42° 24°
- Feb 46° 26°
- Mar 56° 32°
- Apr 69° 41°
- May 76° 50°
- Jun 82° 59°
- Jul 86° 63°
- Aug 85° 62°
- Sep 80° 55°
- Oct 69° 42°
- Nov 57° 33°
- Dec 47° 28°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Warnock 2 each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.28 in), the least in November (2.92 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 24°F | 33.0°F | 3.37 | 5.5 | 14 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 46°F | 26°F | 36.0°F | 3.41 | 6.7 | 14 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 56°F | 32°F | 44.0°F | 4.97 | 4.0 | 14 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 41°F | 54.8°F | 4.17 | 0.6 | 13 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 50°F | 63.0°F | 5.18 | 0.0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 82°F | 59°F | 70.5°F | 4.74 | 0.0 | 13 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 86°F | 63°F | 74.3°F | 5.28 | 0.0 | 13 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 85°F | 62°F | 73.4°F | 3.12 | 0.0 | 12 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 55°F | 67.2°F | 3.74 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 42°F | 55.7°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 33°F | 44.9°F | 2.92 | 0.7 | 11 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 47°F | 28°F | 37.2°F | 4.05 | 3.3 | 15 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 43°F | 54.5°F | 48.18 | 20.8 | 156 | 21 | 119 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −5°C | 0.6°C | 86 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 8°C | −4°C | 2.2°C | 87 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 13°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 126 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 20°C | 5°C | 12.7°C | 106 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 17°C | 23.5°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 16°C | 23.0°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 6°C | 13.2°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 0°C | 7.2°C | 74 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 8°C | −2°C | 2.9°C | 103 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00158432; 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.
Which months are mildest at Warnock 2?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USC00158432.
When is the last frost at Warnock 2?
In Warnock 2, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 20 in half of years and after May 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 22 in half of years and before October 10 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
- April 201 year in 10 after May 10; 9 in 10 after April 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 221 year in 10 before October 10; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 182 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 207 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 5 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Warnock 2 in zone 6b in ZIP code 41144, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (16 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kentucky · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00158432; 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 at Warnock 2?
In a normal year in Warnock 2, 21 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 119 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 156 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 119a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 18high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 156a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00158432.
How sunny is it at Warnock 2?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Warnock 2, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (59%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 60% | 1.9 |
| February | 61% | 2.6 |
| March | 65% | 3.7 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 72% | 5.5 |
| June | 78% | 6.2 |
| July | 78% | 5.9 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.6 |
| October | 73% | 3.3 |
| November | 70% | 2.3 |
| December | 59% | 1.6 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Warnock 2 record?
A normal year at Warnock 2 brings 4,763 heating degree days, 11% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 966 cooling degree days, 6% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,596 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 993 | 0 |
| February | 812 | 0 |
| March | 654 | 3 |
| April | 324 | 16 |
| May | 134 | 72 |
| June | 14 | 179 |
| July | 2 | 290 |
| August | 2 | 264 |
| September | 56 | 122 |
| October | 305 | 18 |
| November | 605 | 1 |
| December | 862 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,763 | 966 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00158432. 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.
Have recent years at Warnock 2 been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 54.3°F, 0.2°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 54.5°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.1°F | +0.6°F | 51.65 | 16.8 |
| 2022 | 53.8°F | −0.7°F | 43.37 | 27.9 |
| 2024 | 56.2°F | +1.7°F | 46.59 | 14.5 |
| 2025 | 54.3°F | −0.2°F | 48.87 | 32.8 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00158432. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Warnock 2's climate compare?
Warnock 2 is warmer than 9 of the 68 places with their own NOAA record in Kentucky, and wetter than 15. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.5°F is warmer than 59%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Warnock 2 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.
Which places near Warnock 2 share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Franklin Furnace, OH1,511 people · 13 mi NE
- Friendship, OH479 people · 15 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Warnock 2's climate
What is the coldest month at Warnock 2?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow at Warnock 2?
Yes: 21 inches in a normal year, falling on 17 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (6.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Warnock 2?
July, with 5.28 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.92 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Warnock 2 in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Warnock 2 in zone 6b in ZIP code 41144, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Warnock 2?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 20; in one year in ten it comes after May 10. Waiting until May 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kentucky climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Olive Hill, KY12 miles from this station, 52.3°F a year
- Grayson, KY12 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Portsmouth, OH19 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Gimlet (9 mi N), KY21 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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