Warnock, 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 Warnock's primary NOAA station, WARNOCK 2.
The climate verdict for Warnock
Water is the standout signal in Warnock, Kentucky: 48.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 55°F. Its climate comfort score of 63/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 46% of station-mapped location scores.
- 55°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 63/100
- comfort score, above 46% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.2"
- annual precipitation · 21" snow
- 185 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Warnock: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00158432 · Warnock, KY 55°F mean · 48.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 55°F
- RANK-MID #4,048
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Quicksand
- PRCP-MID 48.2"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-MID 63/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,763 HDD
- STN-1 USC00158432
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Quicksand, 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.
- Warnock (this station) 55°F
- Hot Stanton, KY 55°F
- Near Quicksand, KY 55°F
- Cold Sutcliffe, NV 54°F
- Near Arlington, OR 54°F
Climate Living Index · Warnock
Warnock: 57/100 · grade C
Warnock publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Warnock, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 63/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 122 calendar days | 63/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.5°F · 13.0° from 67.5°F | 58/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 185 days/year | 54/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 48.2 in · 13.2 from 35 in | 54/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 20.8 inches/year | 48/100 · D |
Warnock · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Warnock is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.0°F and warmest-month mean 74.3°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
- 74.3°F
- Coldest month
- 33.0°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 Warnock sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Warnock's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 59th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 24% wettest
- Warnock's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 41st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Warnock compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Warnock's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
63 46th percentile score exceeds 46% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.4" | 5.5" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.4" | 6.7" | 22.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 5.0" | 4.0" | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.2" | 0.6" | 7.0 | 0.1 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.9" | 0.7" | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.0" | 3.3" | 22.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around August 5, short of 90°F on every date, while 122 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 17, then returns to freezing around November 17, covering 122 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 10, when 49% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 17 at 33%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 156 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Warnock.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.5"
14.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.7"
13.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.0"
14.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
13.2 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
13.1 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
10.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
14.6 days with precipitation
Warnock spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Warnock has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.3" and November 2.9". The three wettest months together take 32% 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 Warnock's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 156 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 48.2" between them, or roughly 0.31 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 Warnock
Warnock averages 20.8 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 17 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: 20.8 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 17 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 4% 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 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
185 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,763
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
966
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Warnock 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 (55°F here).
- Big Stone Gap, VA 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Chapman, KS 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Crossville, TN 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Estell Manor, NJ 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Charlottesville, VA 48.2" · 0.0" off
- Cheviot, OH 48.2" · 0.0" off
- Longview, TX 48.2" · 0.0" off
- Milledgeville, GA 48.2" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Warnock
heating led · wet · mid swing
Warnock's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,763 annual heating degree days against 966 for cooling. Its 41.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Warnock's frost-free season lasts about 185 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. Warnock coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 33°F (1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Warnock typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Warnock snow peak
February
Warnock averages 20.8 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
Questions about Warnock's climate
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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 Warnock's primary station: WARNOCK 2 (USC00158432). 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 Warnock; 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 Warnock 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.