Georgetown climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Georgetown?

Georgetown has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 1,144 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Georgetown between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 40.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Georgetown?

The coldest day measured in Georgetown between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1984, at -30.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Georgetown?

Yes. Georgetown gets on average 39.1 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Georgetown warmed?

Yes: Georgetown warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Georgetown?

The wettest day measured in Georgetown between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 2006, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Georgetown?

The windiest day measured in Georgetown between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 45.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Georgetown?

The warmest month in Georgetown is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Georgetown?

Georgetown receives on average 1,144 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Georgetown?

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

Georgetown (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 1,144 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Georgetown averages 81 frost days, 47 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.

Georgetown has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 92 to 70 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 14 July 1954) and the coldest -30.4 °C (on 21 January 1984).

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

GeorgetownKentucky

coords: 38.21°, -84.56°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

13.0°C

Average daily high

18.2°C

Average daily low

8.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,144mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

24.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

81 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

47 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

130 d/yr

Annual snowfall

39.1 cm

Average feels-like high

17.2 °C

Average feels-like low

6.4 °C

Average peak gust

35.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

47 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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

40.3 °C

14 July 1954

Coldest day

-30.4 °C

21 January 1984

Wettest day

91 mm

23 September 2006

Windiest day

45.8 km/h

14 September 2008

Strongest gust

106.6 km/h

14 January 1940

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

15 July 1988

Coldest feels-like

-35.6 °C

21 January 1984

Snowiest day

27.7 cm

22 March 1968

Sunniest day

14.7 h

19 June 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.0 °C24 June 2025	-18.1 °C15 January 2025	13.7 °C	1,492 mm	55	77
2024	34.9 °C29 August 2024	-15.9 °C20 January 2024	14.5 °C	1,271 mm	52	55
2023	34.1 °C3 June 2023	-8.4 °C4 February 2023	14.6 °C	1,072 mm	36	44
2022	35.9 °C22 June 2022	-21.7 °C23 December 2022	13.7 °C	1,277 mm	51	81
2021	34.1 °C24 August 2021	-12.7 °C17 February 2021	13.9 °C	1,341 mm	37	76
2020	33.5 °C26 July 2020	-10.0 °C25 December 2020	14.0 °C	1,386 mm	43	56
2019	35.8 °C10 September 2019	-17.0 °C21 January 2019	14.2 °C	1,547 mm	78	67
2018	34.5 °C4 July 2018	-17.3 °C6 January 2018	13.8 °C	1,543 mm	60	75
2017	34.3 °C22 July 2017	-13.8 °C7 January 2017	14.3 °C	1,303 mm	39	60
2016	33.5 °C16 June 2016	-15.1 °C24 January 2016	14.2 °C	1,202 mm	56	70
2015	33.3 °C11 June 2015	-26.2 °C20 February 2015	13.7 °C	1,321 mm	46	75
2014	33.7 °C19 June 2014	-21.1 °C24 January 2014	12.3 °C	1,183 mm	31	88
2013	33.8 °C12 June 2013	-13.1 °C1 February 2013	13.0 °C	1,154 mm	30	93
2012	40.0 °C29 June 2012	-9.2 °C12 February 2012	14.8 °C	910 mm	68	65
2011	38.1 °C3 September 2011	-19.8 °C22 January 2011	13.9 °C	1,452 mm	66	65
2010	36.4 °C4 August 2010	-13.8 °C14 December 2010	13.5 °C	871 mm	81	89
2009	32.9 °C25 June 2009	-19.9 °C5 February 2009	12.8 °C	1,226 mm	17	73
2008	36.4 °C21 July 2008	-15.7 °C22 December 2008	13.1 °C	1,164 mm	53	88
2007	37.7 °C16 August 2007	-15.7 °C5 February 2007	14.3 °C	947 mm	79	81
2006	34.5 °C1 August 2006	-13.4 °C19 February 2006	13.7 °C	1,166 mm	46	63
2005	35.7 °C12 August 2005	-13.9 °C18 January 2005	13.7 °C	958 mm	57	79
2004	32.4 °C19 August 2004	-23.1 °C31 January 2004	13.3 °C	1,340 mm	25	78
2003	33.4 °C27 August 2003	-19.4 °C27 January 2003	12.6 °C	1,319 mm	29	85
2002	35.8 °C4 August 2002	-13.1 °C4 March 2002	13.7 °C	1,300 mm	65	80
2001	34.0 °C8 July 2001	-17.3 °C21 January 2001	13.7 °C	976 mm	44	65
2000	34.9 °C9 August 2000	-17.2 °C27 January 2000	12.9 °C	1,075 mm	27	82
1999	38.8 °C30 July 1999	-18.0 °C5 January 1999	13.7 °C	998 mm	58	76
1998	35.0 °C6 September 1998	-11.8 °C25 December 1998	14.3 °C	1,196 mm	51	52
1997	34.7 °C27 July 1997	-17.5 °C11 January 1997	12.3 °C	1,207 mm	27	75
1996	34.4 °C30 June 1996	-20.3 °C4 February 1996	12.1 °C	1,473 mm	28	94
1995	35.8 °C13 July 1995	-17.3 °C12 February 1995	12.9 °C	1,082 mm	52	88
1994	35.0 °C20 June 1994	-29.2 °C19 January 1994	13.1 °C	1,226 mm	45	69
1993	36.4 °C28 July 1993	-17.9 °C15 March 1993	12.6 °C	1,170 mm	54	87
1992	34.5 °C13 July 1992	-17.2 °C16 January 1992	12.7 °C	1,005 mm	19	73
1991	36.9 °C2 August 1991	-15.3 °C16 February 1991	14.0 °C	1,052 mm	67	78
1990	36.0 °C10 July 1990	-10.8 °C25 December 1990	14.1 °C	1,406 mm	45	62
1989	35.1 °C4 August 1989	-29.0 °C22 December 1989	12.5 °C	1,247 mm	45	86
1988	39.3 °C9 July 1988	-19.2 °C13 February 1988	12.8 °C	996 mm	59	92
1987	36.6 °C22 August 1987	-12.8 °C27 January 1987	13.7 °C	849 mm	69	76
1986	36.1 °C25 July 1986	-18.1 °C13 February 1986	13.6 °C	1,025 mm	57	71
1985	34.5 °C8 September 1985	-26.1 °C20 January 1985	12.8 °C	1,125 mm	32	86
1984	33.9 °C12 June 1984	-30.4 °C21 January 1984	12.9 °C	1,299 mm	45	74
1983	38.4 °C20 August 1983	-22.3 °C25 December 1983	12.8 °C	1,190 mm	74	79
1982	33.1 °C4 August 1982	-23.6 °C17 January 1982	12.9 °C	1,116 mm	20	83
1981	33.6 °C5 August 1981	-20.2 °C20 December 1981	12.3 °C	1,056 mm	31	90
1980	37.9 °C16 July 1980	-21.3 °C3 March 1980	12.5 °C	903 mm	66	92
1979	33.1 °C20 June 1979	-21.0 °C15 January 1979	11.9 °C	1,528 mm	15	86
1978	36.8 °C27 June 1978	-21.5 °C7 February 1978	11.8 °C	1,305 mm	42	87
1977	35.1 °C19 July 1977	-27.4 °C17 January 1977	12.7 °C	1,183 mm	51	86
1976	34.7 °C24 July 1976	-19.3 °C9 January 1976	12.0 °C	920 mm	37	103
1975	34.1 °C5 September 1975	-11.4 °C18 December 1975	13.3 °C	1,264 mm	55	75
1974	32.5 °C18 July 1974	-11.6 °C12 January 1974	13.0 °C	1,296 mm	30	65
1973	34.4 °C3 September 1973	-15.4 °C22 December 1973	13.5 °C	1,312 mm	46	73
1972	35.1 °C23 July 1972	-22.4 °C16 January 1972	12.4 °C	1,159 mm	35	89
1971	36.0 °C27 June 1971	-18.9 °C14 February 1971	13.2 °C	884 mm	44	72
1970	35.1 °C2 July 1970	-21.8 °C21 January 1970	12.7 °C	1,047 mm	50	84
1969	35.7 °C5 July 1969	-15.7 °C5 January 1969	12.2 °C	933 mm	44	104
1968	34.7 °C1 July 1968	-23.1 °C8 January 1968	12.2 °C	972 mm	44	92
1967	33.1 °C16 June 1967	-18.5 °C25 February 1967	12.3 °C	1,236 mm	18	83
1966	36.0 °C14 July 1966	-23.5 °C30 January 1966	12.1 °C	1,082 mm	53	88
1965	36.5 °C24 July 1965	-20.8 °C17 January 1965	12.9 °C	940 mm	46	90
1964	37.1 °C3 August 1964	-19.6 °C14 January 1964	13.0 °C	1,008 mm	61	85
1963	34.4 °C3 August 1963	-25.2 °C24 January 1963	12.0 °C	856 mm	39	94
1962	37.0 °C20 August 1962	-20.6 °C10 January 1962	12.6 °C	1,026 mm	56	89
1961	33.5 °C1 July 1961	-21.1 °C28 January 1961	12.4 °C	1,228 mm	46	81
1960	35.8 °C5 September 1960	-18.8 °C6 March 1960	12.1 °C	999 mm	54	105
1959	35.6 °C30 June 1959	-20.2 °C5 January 1959	13.4 °C	1,047 mm	70	87
1958	33.8 °C4 July 1958	-20.6 °C17 February 1958	11.6 °C	1,079 mm	34	97
1957	35.7 °C22 July 1957	-15.3 °C17 January 1957	13.4 °C	1,303 mm	51	81
1956	34.9 °C5 August 1956	-11.8 °C24 January 1956	13.1 °C	1,276 mm	34	74
1955	34.8 °C3 August 1955	-18.1 °C13 February 1955	13.2 °C	1,058 mm	64	92
1954	40.3 °C14 July 1954	-16.4 °C13 January 1954	13.6 °C	844 mm	76	78
1953	38.5 °C2 September 1953	-18.7 °C17 December 1953	14.0 °C	787 mm	76	74
1952	38.5 °C27 July 1952	-13.3 °C30 January 1952	13.5 °C	892 mm	78	77
1951	35.2 °C2 June 1951	-24.6 °C2 February 1951	12.5 °C	1,327 mm	54	88
1950	33.1 °C26 June 1950	-17.3 °C25 November 1950	12.2 °C	1,633 mm	13	99
1949	34.1 °C4 July 1949	-12.3 °C30 January 1949	13.7 °C	1,148 mm	54	64
1948	36.5 °C28 August 1948	-22.7 °C25 January 1948	12.8 °C	1,313 mm	48	78
1947	35.1 °C6 August 1947	-15.8 °C5 February 1947	11.9 °C	939 mm	42	106
1946	33.7 °C19 July 1946	-13.0 °C27 January 1946	13.4 °C	1,109 mm	19	67
1945	34.5 °C31 August 1945	-22.3 °C1 February 1945	12.5 °C	1,183 mm	44	86
1944	36.3 °C28 June 1944	-12.3 °C13 February 1944	12.8 °C	936 mm	54	96
1943	36.0 °C25 August 1943	-20.9 °C8 March 1943	11.9 °C	826 mm	49	100
1942	35.2 °C2 August 1942	-24.8 °C8 January 1942	12.0 °C	1,136 mm	27	99
1941	33.4 °C11 August 1941	-15.1 °C18 March 1941	12.3 °C	999 mm	35	105
1940	36.6 °C29 July 1940	-22.9 °C26 January 1940	11.2 °C	998 mm	40	104

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.0 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

77 d/yr

-4

Annual rainfall

1492 mm

+348 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	2.0 °C	-2.7 °C	101 mm	+10 mm
Feb	9.1 °C	+2.0 °C	147 mm	+52 mm
Mar	16.9 °C	+4.5 °C	163 mm	+49 mm
Apr	20.4 °C	+2.0 °C	234 mm	+120 mm
May	21.8 °C	-1.6 °C	216 mm	+104 mm
Jun	28.9 °C	+0.9 °C	124 mm	+26 mm
Jul	31.1 °C	+1.2 °C	110 mm	+8 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	-0.1 °C	35 mm	-44 mm
Sep	27.9 °C	+2.0 °C	96 mm	+16 mm
Oct	20.1 °C	+0.5 °C	116 mm	+43 mm
Nov	12.9 °C	+0.6 °C	82 mm	-8 mm
Dec	7.4 °C	+0.6 °C	68 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.0 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-18.1 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

64.6 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

36.8 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

99.7 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-22.0 °C

15 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

12.6 cm

11 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.5 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Georgetown?

Georgetown has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 1,144 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Georgetown?

The hottest day measured in Georgetown between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 40.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Georgetown?

The coldest day measured in Georgetown between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1984, at -30.4 °C.

Does it snow in Georgetown?

Yes. Georgetown gets on average 39.1 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.

Has the climate of Georgetown warmed?

Yes: Georgetown warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Georgetown?

The wettest day measured in Georgetown between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 2006, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Georgetown?

The windiest day measured in Georgetown between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 45.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Georgetown?

The warmest month in Georgetown is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Georgetown?

Georgetown receives on average 1,144 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Georgetown?

Georgetown 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 Georgetown?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Georgetown between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1968, with 27.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Georgetown?

Yes: Georgetown has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Georgetown?

In Georgetown, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 15 July 1988, and the lowest was -35.6 °C on 21 January 1984.

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