Lancaster, KY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DANVILLE, KY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Lancaster has an annual average temperature of 55.4°F with about 47.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 86.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 23.3°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.00 in) and November the driest (3.01 in).
Best time to visit Lancaster
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →22 of 366 (6%) of Lancaster'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.
| 1930s | 65 | |
| 1940s | 48 | |
| 1950s | 68 | |
| 1960s | 33 | |
| 1970s | 24 | |
| 1980s | 35 | |
| 1990s | 33 | |
| 2000s | 26 | |
| 2010s | 33 | |
| 2020s | 1 |
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 | 42.7°F | 23.3°F | 33.0°F | 3.68 in | — | 11 |
| February | 47.1°F | 25.8°F | 36.4°F | 3.69 in | — | 11 |
| March | 56.3°F | 33.3°F | 44.8°F | 4.61 in | — | 12 |
| April | 67.5°F | 43.6°F | 55.5°F | 4.21 in | — | 11 |
| May | 75.4°F | 54.1°F | 64.7°F | 4.42 in | — | 11 |
| June | 83.4°F | 61.4°F | 72.4°F | 4.66 in | — | 11 |
| July | 86.5°F | 65.3°F | 75.9°F | 5.00 in | — | 11 |
| August | 86.0°F | 63.7°F | 74.8°F | 3.18 in | — | 9 |
| September | 80.2°F | 56.8°F | 68.5°F | 3.72 in | — | 7 |
| October | 68.6°F | 44.8°F | 56.7°F | 3.47 in | — | 9 |
| November | 55.8°F | 34.0°F | 44.9°F | 3.01 in | — | 9 |
| December | 46.1°F | 28.0°F | 37.1°F | 4.20 in | — | 12 |
Climate twins of Lancaster
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).