Paintsville, KY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PAINTSVILLE 1E, KY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Paintsville has an annual average temperature of 55.3°F with about 46.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 86.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 22.9°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.18 in) and November the driest (3.00 in).
Best time to visit Paintsville
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →48 of 366 (13.1%) of Paintsville'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 | 0 | |
| 1940s | 0 | |
| 1950s | 0 | |
| 1960s | 0 | |
| 1970s | 6 | |
| 1980s | 139 | |
| 1990s | 100 | |
| 2000s | 49 | |
| 2010s | 55 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
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 | 44.1°F | 22.9°F | 33.5°F | 3.35 in | — | 10 |
| February | 48.7°F | 25.6°F | 37.2°F | 3.21 in | — | 10 |
| March | 58.1°F | 31.7°F | 44.9°F | 4.41 in | — | 11 |
| April | 69.6°F | 40.7°F | 55.1°F | 3.82 in | — | 10 |
| May | 76.2°F | 51.4°F | 63.8°F | 4.43 in | — | 12 |
| June | 83.4°F | 60.1°F | 71.7°F | 4.79 in | — | 11 |
| July | 86.2°F | 64.6°F | 75.4°F | 5.18 in | — | 10 |
| August | 85.7°F | 63.4°F | 74.5°F | 3.63 in | — | 9 |
| September | 79.8°F | 55.9°F | 67.9°F | 3.35 in | — | 8 |
| October | 69.8°F | 43.1°F | 56.5°F | 3.19 in | — | 8 |
| November | 58.4°F | 32.0°F | 45.2°F | 3.00 in | — | 8 |
| December | 48.0°F | 27.5°F | 37.7°F | 3.83 in | — | 11 |
Climate twins of Paintsville
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).