Salt Lick, KY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CAVE RUN LAKE, KY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Salt Lick has an annual average temperature of 54.8°F with about 50.8 inches of precipitation per year and 12.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 24.5°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.92 in) and November the driest (3.23 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
Best time to visit Salt Lick
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →16 of 366 (4.4%) of Salt Lick'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.
| 1900s | 15 | |
| 1910s | 50 | |
| 1920s | 50 | |
| 1930s | 73 | |
| 1940s | 26 | |
| 1950s | 23 | |
| 1960s | 7 | |
| 1970s | 8 | |
| 1980s | 24 | |
| 1990s | 24 | |
| 2000s | 31 | |
| 2010s | 26 | |
| 2020s | 9 |
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 | 41.3°F | 24.5°F | 32.9°F | 3.56 in | 4.3 in | 17 |
| February | 45.5°F | 26.5°F | 36.0°F | 3.56 in | 3.4 in | 15 |
| March | 55.1°F | 33.3°F | 44.2°F | 4.60 in | 2.0 in | 15 |
| April | 67.2°F | 42.4°F | 54.8°F | 4.69 in | — | 15 |
| May | 74.8°F | 52.2°F | 63.5°F | 5.17 in | — | 15 |
| June | 82.3°F | 60.5°F | 71.4°F | 4.81 in | — | 13 |
| July | 85.5°F | 64.5°F | 75.0°F | 5.92 in | — | 13 |
| August | 84.8°F | 62.7°F | 73.8°F | 3.87 in | — | 11 |
| September | 79.2°F | 56.0°F | 67.6°F | 3.89 in | — | 10 |
| October | 68.2°F | 44.5°F | 56.4°F | 3.41 in | — | 11 |
| November | 56.0°F | 34.7°F | 45.3°F | 3.23 in | 0.2 in | 12 |
| December | 45.4°F | 29.0°F | 37.2°F | 4.08 in | 2.4 in | 16 |
Climate twins of Salt Lick
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