Hopkinsville, KY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HOPKINSVILLE, KY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Hopkinsville has an annual average temperature of 58.3°F with about 51.8 inches of precipitation per year and 5.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 27.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.38 in) and January the driest (3.41 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
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All-time records →13 of 366 (3.6%) of Hopkinsville'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.
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 34 | |
| 1910s | 80 | |
| 1920s | 71 | |
| 1930s | 57 | |
| 1940s | 10 | |
| 1950s | 33 | |
| 1960s | 13 | |
| 1970s | 9 | |
| 1980s | 15 | |
| 1990s | 4 | |
| 2000s | 22 | |
| 2010s | 5 | |
| 2020s | 8 |
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 | 43.8°F | 27.2°F | 35.5°F | 3.41 in | 1.8 in | 10 |
| February | 48.4°F | 30.7°F | 39.6°F | 4.06 in | 1.8 in | 10 |
| March | 58.1°F | 37.8°F | 48.0°F | 4.76 in | 0.8 in | 12 |
| April | 69.1°F | 47.1°F | 58.1°F | 4.81 in | 0.1 in | 12 |
| May | 77.2°F | 57.7°F | 67.4°F | 5.38 in | — | 12 |
| June | 84.8°F | 66.2°F | 75.5°F | 4.26 in | — | 10 |
| July | 88.2°F | 70.0°F | 79.1°F | 4.87 in | — | 9 |
| August | 87.5°F | 68.2°F | 77.9°F | 4.29 in | — | 7 |
| September | 81.9°F | 60.8°F | 71.4°F | 3.54 in | — | 8 |
| October | 70.9°F | 48.6°F | 59.7°F | 3.79 in | — | 8 |
| November | 58.0°F | 38.2°F | 48.1°F | 3.90 in | — | 10 |
| December | 47.0°F | 31.4°F | 39.2°F | 4.69 in | 0.7 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Hopkinsville
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