Kentucky weather, town by town

About Kentucky weather

The map on the Now tab shows every Kentucky town's current temperature from our own server, one dot per town. Tap any dot, or type a town above, for that town's full forecast.

What the weather is usually like

Across the 517 Kentucky towns with station normals, the warmest month is July, when the day usually reaches 87°F, and the coldest is January, when the night usually falls to 25°F. May is the wettest, with rain on about 12 days. July afternoons run from about 82°F in Grayson to 90°F in Anthoston. January nights run from about 20°F in Blackey to 30°F in Crayne.

Means of the 1991 to 2020 station normals serving these towns, as published by NOAA; each town's page carries its own.

Where these numbers come from

• Current conditions and forecast: NOAA forecast grids decoded on our own server, corrected against the nearest reporting station and our own radar. Open-Meteo is consulted only as a fallback when our server is silent.
• Records: computed by myweatherrock from NOAA GHCN-Daily station records at the stations serving these towns. Measurements, not estimates.
• Warnings and alerts: the National Weather Service, passed through unchanged.

Kentucky weather records

Measured at the NOAA stations serving these towns, daily records 1872 to 2026. Station extremes, not official state records.

Common questions about Kentucky weather

What is the hottest temperature recorded at a Kentucky station?

113°F at Bowling Green Warren Co Ap on July 28, 1930, in the NOAA daily station records myweatherrock holds (1872 to 2026).

What is the coldest temperature recorded at a Kentucky station?

-33°F at Cynthiana on January 19, 1994.

What is the most rain a Kentucky station has measured in one day?

10.48 inches at Louisville Wfo on March 1, 1997.

What is the biggest one-day snowfall at a Kentucky station?

25 inches at Hazard Wtr Wks on March 14, 1993.

How many Kentucky towns have a weather page here?

553: 415 cities, 136 census-designated places, 2 place. Each page carries current conditions, the hourly timeline, the ten day outlook, radar, and where a station sits close enough, measured records.

Where does the Kentucky forecast come from?

NOAA forecast grids (the National Weather Service digital forecast, the National Blend of Models, HRRR and GFS) decoded on our own server, corrected against the nearest reporting station and our own radar. Open-Meteo is consulted only as a fallback when our server is silent.