Danville climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Danville?

Danville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 1,177 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Danville?

The hottest day measured in Danville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 41.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Danville?

The coldest day measured in Danville between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Danville?

Yes. Danville gets on average 35.1 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Danville warmed?

Yes: Danville warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Danville?

The wettest day measured in Danville between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1974, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Danville?

The windiest day measured in Danville between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 45.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Danville?

The warmest month in Danville is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Danville?

Danville receives on average 1,177 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Danville?

Danville gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Danville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 1,177 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Danville averages 75 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.

Danville has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 85 to 65 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -29.2 °C (on 19 January 1994).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

DanvilleKentucky

coords: 37.65°, -84.77°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

13.5°C

Average daily high

18.7°C

Average daily low

8.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,177mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

14.8km/h

Seasonal range

23.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

75 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

130 d/yr

Annual snowfall

35.1 cm

Average feels-like high

17.9 °C

Average feels-like low

7.1 °C

Average peak gust

35.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

53 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

41.3 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest day

-29.2 °C

19 January 1994

Wettest day

101 mm

1 June 1974

Windiest day

45.4 km/h

14 September 2008

Strongest gust

116.3 km/h

3 April 1982

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

7 July 2012

Coldest feels-like

-33.7 °C

19 January 1994

Snowiest day

24.6 cm

4 February 1998

Sunniest day

14.5 h

14 June 2012

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.6 °C11 August 2025	-16.2 °C22 January 2025	14.4 °C	1,503 mm	58	77
2024	35.3 °C29 August 2024	-15.9 °C20 January 2024	14.9 °C	1,308 mm	53	52
2023	35.9 °C25 August 2023	-7.7 °C4 February 2023	15.2 °C	1,091 mm	47	41
2022	35.7 °C22 June 2022	-21.1 °C23 December 2022	14.3 °C	1,295 mm	59	77
2021	34.3 °C24 August 2021	-9.6 °C16 February 2021	14.5 °C	1,326 mm	44	67
2020	33.1 °C5 July 2020	-10.1 °C25 December 2020	14.5 °C	1,462 mm	40	46
2019	36.4 °C20 August 2019	-15.2 °C31 January 2019	14.9 °C	1,553 mm	88	60
2018	35.3 °C4 July 2018	-18.5 °C17 January 2018	14.3 °C	1,636 mm	69	67
2017	35.8 °C22 July 2017	-13.1 °C7 January 2017	14.9 °C	1,247 mm	45	56
2016	34.3 °C16 June 2016	-13.7 °C18 January 2016	14.7 °C	1,308 mm	62	63
2015	34.5 °C3 August 2015	-24.7 °C20 February 2015	14.3 °C	1,350 mm	53	70
2014	34.1 °C1 July 2014	-19.1 °C22 January 2014	13.0 °C	1,253 mm	40	80
2013	33.8 °C12 June 2013	-11.4 °C1 February 2013	13.4 °C	1,251 mm	24	86
2012	41.3 °C29 June 2012	-8.6 °C12 February 2012	15.4 °C	920 mm	70	57
2011	38.1 °C3 September 2011	-14.6 °C22 January 2011	14.4 °C	1,429 mm	70	58
2010	35.9 °C4 August 2010	-12.9 °C15 December 2010	13.9 °C	994 mm	84	84
2009	33.0 °C25 June 2009	-17.1 °C16 January 2009	13.4 °C	1,250 mm	24	66
2008	36.2 °C21 July 2008	-15.3 °C22 December 2008	13.7 °C	1,161 mm	62	77
2007	38.4 °C16 August 2007	-14.0 °C5 February 2007	15.0 °C	946 mm	86	73
2006	35.0 °C6 August 2006	-13.0 °C19 February 2006	14.2 °C	1,209 mm	47	60
2005	36.1 °C4 August 2005	-13.2 °C18 January 2005	14.3 °C	956 mm	68	74
2004	33.0 °C13 July 2004	-16.8 °C31 January 2004	13.9 °C	1,394 mm	27	69
2003	32.9 °C4 July 2003	-17.9 °C8 February 2003	13.1 °C	1,460 mm	25	78
2002	35.5 °C4 August 2002	-12.3 °C4 March 2002	14.0 °C	1,284 mm	60	75
2001	33.7 °C8 July 2001	-16.6 °C21 January 2001	14.1 °C	1,000 mm	43	66
2000	34.7 °C9 August 2000	-13.8 °C27 January 2000	13.4 °C	1,011 mm	34	77
1999	38.9 °C30 July 1999	-16.6 °C5 January 1999	14.3 °C	987 mm	62	66
1998	35.6 °C6 September 1998	-14.7 °C25 December 1998	14.8 °C	1,232 mm	63	44
1997	35.1 °C27 July 1997	-17.2 °C11 January 1997	12.8 °C	1,279 mm	31	67
1996	34.2 °C30 June 1996	-20.1 °C4 February 1996	12.6 °C	1,508 mm	31	90
1995	35.8 °C13 July 1995	-16.1 °C12 February 1995	13.5 °C	1,136 mm	55	84
1994	35.3 °C20 June 1994	-29.2 °C19 January 1994	13.5 °C	1,470 mm	43	65
1993	36.9 °C28 July 1993	-15.5 °C18 February 1993	13.1 °C	1,171 mm	61	83
1992	34.4 °C13 July 1992	-16.4 °C16 January 1992	13.1 °C	1,025 mm	25	70
1991	35.6 °C2 August 1991	-14.4 °C16 February 1991	14.3 °C	1,188 mm	60	70
1990	37.0 °C10 July 1990	-11.0 °C25 December 1990	14.5 °C	1,414 mm	48	54
1989	34.4 °C25 July 1989	-27.7 °C22 December 1989	12.8 °C	1,402 mm	39	83
1988	38.6 °C8 July 1988	-17.4 °C13 February 1988	13.2 °C	1,003 mm	60	86
1987	36.7 °C22 August 1987	-12.5 °C27 January 1987	13.9 °C	925 mm	67	72
1986	36.0 °C25 July 1986	-18.3 °C13 February 1986	13.9 °C	1,134 mm	56	68
1985	34.7 °C20 July 1985	-24.7 °C20 January 1985	13.2 °C	1,097 mm	37	79
1984	33.7 °C12 June 1984	-26.9 °C21 January 1984	13.3 °C	1,304 mm	48	72
1983	38.2 °C20 August 1983	-21.3 °C25 December 1983	13.2 °C	1,231 mm	73	76
1982	33.0 °C4 August 1982	-22.4 °C17 January 1982	13.4 °C	1,185 mm	24	78
1981	33.6 °C5 August 1981	-17.7 °C12 February 1981	12.7 °C	1,106 mm	27	85
1980	38.4 °C16 July 1980	-22.8 °C3 March 1980	13.0 °C	905 mm	68	88
1979	33.4 °C8 August 1979	-19.9 °C2 February 1979	12.4 °C	1,486 mm	17	84
1978	36.9 °C27 June 1978	-20.2 °C7 February 1978	12.3 °C	1,338 mm	48	85
1977	35.6 °C8 July 1977	-22.2 °C17 January 1977	13.3 °C	1,201 mm	58	78
1976	34.6 °C24 July 1976	-18.7 °C9 January 1976	12.4 °C	997 mm	34	97
1975	34.1 °C5 September 1975	-11.1 °C19 December 1975	13.7 °C	1,344 mm	55	71
1974	33.5 °C18 July 1974	-9.1 °C26 February 1974	13.4 °C	1,328 mm	31	60
1973	34.3 °C3 September 1973	-16.9 °C12 January 1973	13.9 °C	1,293 mm	42	68
1972	35.1 °C23 July 1972	-21.6 °C16 January 1972	13.0 °C	1,288 mm	40	83
1971	35.6 °C27 June 1971	-18.2 °C14 February 1971	13.6 °C	969 mm	40	67
1970	36.0 °C2 July 1970	-21.7 °C10 January 1970	13.3 °C	1,003 mm	62	82
1969	34.9 °C5 July 1969	-15.3 °C5 January 1969	12.5 °C	988 mm	43	95
1968	35.5 °C1 July 1968	-21.2 °C8 January 1968	12.6 °C	911 mm	50	91
1967	33.2 °C16 June 1967	-18.0 °C25 February 1967	12.8 °C	1,232 mm	18	83
1966	36.5 °C13 July 1966	-24.0 °C30 January 1966	12.5 °C	1,094 mm	50	80
1965	36.4 °C24 July 1965	-19.5 °C17 January 1965	13.4 °C	889 mm	45	81
1964	37.2 °C3 August 1964	-17.4 °C14 January 1964	13.6 °C	980 mm	67	82
1963	34.3 °C3 August 1963	-24.3 °C24 January 1963	12.6 °C	838 mm	38	88
1962	36.9 °C20 August 1962	-20.1 °C10 January 1962	13.0 °C	1,035 mm	59	82
1961	33.3 °C1 July 1961	-20.4 °C28 January 1961	12.9 °C	1,226 mm	48	74
1960	36.0 °C5 September 1960	-17.8 °C6 March 1960	12.6 °C	986 mm	62	104
1959	34.9 °C30 June 1959	-19.2 °C5 January 1959	13.7 °C	1,097 mm	62	81
1958	33.5 °C13 June 1958	-20.6 °C17 February 1958	12.2 °C	1,124 mm	40	91
1957	34.9 °C22 July 1957	-14.3 °C12 December 1957	13.9 °C	1,351 mm	54	66
1956	35.0 °C5 August 1956	-9.8 °C9 January 1956	13.7 °C	1,235 mm	43	65
1955	35.2 °C4 August 1955	-19.3 °C13 February 1955	13.7 °C	1,089 mm	72	87
1954	39.3 °C14 July 1954	-22.8 °C13 January 1954	14.1 °C	936 mm	82	69
1953	39.0 °C2 September 1953	-17.7 °C17 December 1953	14.5 °C	812 mm	80	62
1952	39.6 °C27 July 1952	-13.3 °C30 January 1952	14.0 °C	918 mm	88	65
1951	35.3 °C2 June 1951	-24.0 °C2 February 1951	13.0 °C	1,351 mm	61	78
1950	33.0 °C26 June 1950	-17.4 °C25 November 1950	12.7 °C	1,627 mm	15	90
1949	33.9 °C4 July 1949	-12.0 °C2 February 1949	14.2 °C	1,165 mm	56	61
1948	36.3 °C28 August 1948	-21.6 °C26 January 1948	13.3 °C	1,274 mm	50	72
1947	35.6 °C3 August 1947	-14.7 °C5 February 1947	12.4 °C	906 mm	50	101
1946	33.8 °C24 July 1946	-11.4 °C27 January 1946	13.9 °C	1,145 mm	25	61
1945	35.3 °C31 August 1945	-22.4 °C1 February 1945	13.1 °C	1,237 mm	46	78
1944	36.4 °C27 June 1944	-11.7 °C13 February 1944	13.2 °C	1,023 mm	56	87
1943	36.8 °C25 August 1943	-20.5 °C8 March 1943	12.5 °C	880 mm	54	91
1942	35.0 °C2 August 1942	-23.1 °C8 January 1942	12.5 °C	1,221 mm	28	95
1941	33.5 °C1 July 1941	-14.2 °C18 March 1941	12.8 °C	958 mm	45	96
1940	35.8 °C29 July 1940	-23.5 °C26 January 1940	11.6 °C	1,118 mm	40	94

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.6 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

58 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

77 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1503 mm

+326 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	3.0 °C	-2.5 °C	114 mm	+18 mm
Feb	10.0 °C	+2.0 °C	182 mm	+82 mm
Mar	17.7 °C	+4.6 °C	145 mm	+27 mm
Apr	21.4 °C	+2.4 °C	209 mm	+96 mm
May	22.4 °C	-1.4 °C	224 mm	+110 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+0.7 °C	105 mm	+9 mm
Jul	31.2 °C	+1.1 °C	106 mm	+2 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	0.0 °C	35 mm	-48 mm
Sep	28.2 °C	+2.0 °C	90 mm	+5 mm
Oct	20.7 °C	+0.6 °C	134 mm	+61 mm
Nov	13.8 °C	+0.9 °C	83 mm	-11 mm
Dec	8.3 °C	+0.7 °C	76 mm	-25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.6 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-16.2 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

56.4 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

39.4 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

92.9 km/h

15 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-21.2 °C

20 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

14.2 cm

11 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.4 h

21 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Danville?

Danville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 1,177 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Danville?

The hottest day measured in Danville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 41.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Danville?

The coldest day measured in Danville between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.2 °C.

Does it snow in Danville?

Yes. Danville gets on average 35.1 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.

Has the climate of Danville warmed?

Yes: Danville warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Danville?

The wettest day measured in Danville between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1974, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Danville?

The windiest day measured in Danville between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 45.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Danville?

The warmest month in Danville is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Danville?

Danville receives on average 1,177 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Danville?

Danville gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Danville?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Danville between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1998, with 24.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Danville?

Yes: Danville has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Danville?

In Danville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 7 July 2012, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 19 January 1994.

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