Bardstown, KY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BARDSTOWN 5E, KY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Bardstown has an annual average temperature of 56.8°F with about 51.6 inches of precipitation per year and 11.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 26.1°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.46 in) and August the driest (3.65 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
Best time to visit Bardstown
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →15 of 366 (4.1%) of Bardstown's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1950s | 132 | |
| 1960s | 65 | |
| 1970s | 52 | |
| 1980s | 47 | |
| 1990s | 13 | |
| 2000s | 31 | |
| 2010s | 20 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43.3°F | 26.1°F | 34.7°F | 3.71 in | 4.2 in | 12 |
| February | 48.1°F | 29.1°F | 38.6°F | 3.86 in | 3.7 in | 11 |
| March | 57.4°F | 36.5°F | 47.0°F | 4.92 in | 1.3 in | 13 |
| April | 68.7°F | 46.0°F | 57.4°F | 4.71 in | — | 12 |
| May | 76.5°F | 55.4°F | 65.9°F | 5.46 in | — | 12 |
| June | 83.6°F | 62.9°F | 73.2°F | 4.94 in | — | 12 |
| July | 86.6°F | 66.3°F | 76.5°F | 4.54 in | — | 10 |
| August | 86.2°F | 64.5°F | 75.4°F | 3.65 in | — | 9 |
| September | 80.7°F | 58.0°F | 69.4°F | 3.90 in | — | 7 |
| October | 69.5°F | 47.1°F | 58.3°F | 3.71 in | — | 9 |
| November | 56.6°F | 37.2°F | 46.9°F | 3.70 in | 0.2 in | 10 |
| December | 46.5°F | 30.1°F | 38.3°F | 4.51 in | 2.5 in | 12 |
Climate twins of Bardstown
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).