South Shore, KY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PORTSMOUTH-SCIOTOVILLE, OH US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
South Shore has an annual average temperature of 54.9°F with about 43.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 86.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 22.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.60 in) and November the driest (2.75 in).
Best time to visit South Shore
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →15 of 366 (4.1%) of South Shore'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 | 61 | |
| 1900s | 19 | |
| 1910s | 40 | |
| 1920s | 41 | |
| 1930s | 76 | |
| 1940s | 25 | |
| 1950s | 22 | |
| 1960s | 11 | |
| 1970s | 12 | |
| 1980s | 19 | |
| 1990s | 10 | |
| 2000s | 9 | |
| 2010s | 11 | |
| 2020s | 10 |
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 | 22.9°F | 32.1°F | 3.09 in | — | 11 |
| February | 45.2°F | 25.0°F | 35.1°F | 3.00 in | — | 11 |
| March | 55.0°F | 32.6°F | 43.8°F | 4.12 in | — | 12 |
| April | 67.3°F | 42.1°F | 54.7°F | 3.95 in | — | 12 |
| May | 75.8°F | 52.4°F | 64.1°F | 4.60 in | — | 13 |
| June | 83.4°F | 61.3°F | 72.4°F | 4.14 in | — | 12 |
| July | 86.7°F | 65.4°F | 76.1°F | 4.42 in | — | 11 |
| August | 86.0°F | 63.4°F | 74.7°F | 3.27 in | — | 9 |
| September | 80.3°F | 56.1°F | 68.2°F | 3.30 in | — | 8 |
| October | 68.9°F | 43.6°F | 56.3°F | 2.95 in | — | 9 |
| November | 56.3°F | 33.4°F | 44.8°F | 2.75 in | — | 10 |
| December | 45.7°F | 27.6°F | 36.7°F | 3.50 in | — | 12 |
Climate twins of South Shore
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).