Hopkinsville climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Hopkinsville?

Hopkinsville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 1,190 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Hopkinsville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 42.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Hopkinsville?

The coldest day measured in Hopkinsville between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -28.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Hopkinsville?

Yes. Hopkinsville gets on average 22.8 cm of snow per year and has around 67 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Hopkinsville warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Hopkinsville?

The wettest day measured in Hopkinsville between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2010, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Hopkinsville?

The windiest day measured in Hopkinsville between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2009, with winds reaching 46.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Hopkinsville?

The warmest month in Hopkinsville is July (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Hopkinsville?

Hopkinsville receives on average 1,190 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Hopkinsville?

Hopkinsville gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Hopkinsville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 1,190 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Hopkinsville averages 67 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.

Hopkinsville has warmed by +1.6 °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 75 to 59 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -28.2 °C (on 2 February 1951).

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

HopkinsvilleKentucky

coords: 36.87°, -87.49°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

14.7°C

Average daily high

19.9°C

Average daily low

9.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,190mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

14.6km/h

Seasonal range

24.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

67 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

122 d/yr

Annual snowfall

22.8 cm

Average feels-like high

19.5 °C

Average feels-like low

8.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

71 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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

42.1 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest day

-28.2 °C

2 February 1951

Wettest day

128 mm

2 May 2010

Windiest day

46.1 km/h

11 February 2009

Strongest gust

113.8 km/h

25 February 2011

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest feels-like

-33.8 °C

2 February 1951

Snowiest day

21.8 cm

2 March 1960

Sunniest day

14.0 h

29 June 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.0 °C16 August 2025	-14.0 °C20 January 2025	15.7 °C	1,448 mm	80	69
2024	38.3 °C29 August 2024	-19.7 °C17 January 2024	16.2 °C	1,397 mm	76	44
2023	37.6 °C25 August 2023	-6.7 °C4 February 2023	16.3 °C	1,142 mm	70	36
2022	38.1 °C22 June 2022	-20.0 °C23 December 2022	15.4 °C	1,339 mm	86	73
2021	35.7 °C28 July 2021	-16.8 °C16 February 2021	15.6 °C	1,346 mm	70	58
2020	34.4 °C15 July 2020	-8.0 °C14 February 2020	15.4 °C	1,393 mm	56	40
2019	36.8 °C16 September 2019	-10.7 °C31 January 2019	15.9 °C	1,530 mm	106	58
2018	35.9 °C4 July 2018	-19.4 °C16 January 2018	15.4 °C	1,616 mm	105	67
2017	36.8 °C22 July 2017	-13.4 °C8 January 2017	16.2 °C	1,288 mm	68	46
2016	38.6 °C16 June 2016	-12.8 °C24 January 2016	16.3 °C	1,111 mm	100	56
2015	37.6 °C3 August 2015	-20.5 °C19 February 2015	15.8 °C	1,344 mm	83	60
2014	35.2 °C23 August 2014	-16.5 °C7 January 2014	14.2 °C	1,033 mm	76	82
2013	37.0 °C17 July 2013	-8.7 °C1 February 2013	14.4 °C	1,276 mm	52	83
2012	42.1 °C29 June 2012	-7.8 °C12 February 2012	16.9 °C	907 mm	95	46
2011	38.3 °C3 August 2011	-18.4 °C10 February 2011	15.7 °C	1,393 mm	93	58
2010	38.0 °C4 August 2010	-13.5 °C14 December 2010	15.2 °C	1,049 mm	102	77
2009	36.1 °C27 June 2009	-15.9 °C16 January 2009	14.8 °C	1,384 mm	49	63
2008	36.6 °C21 July 2008	-14.0 °C22 December 2008	14.9 °C	1,137 mm	83	75
2007	40.3 °C15 August 2007	-12.3 °C31 January 2007	16.3 °C	925 mm	103	65
2006	36.5 °C19 July 2006	-13.1 °C19 February 2006	15.6 °C	1,212 mm	70	53
2005	36.8 °C11 August 2005	-11.9 °C17 January 2005	15.5 °C	1,087 mm	91	58
2004	35.5 °C13 July 2004	-16.5 °C24 December 2004	15.1 °C	1,300 mm	41	64
2003	34.6 °C22 August 2003	-15.9 °C24 January 2003	14.5 °C	1,227 mm	49	67
2002	36.4 °C4 August 2002	-12.3 °C6 December 2002	15.2 °C	1,361 mm	77	68
2001	35.8 °C10 July 2001	-15.2 °C3 January 2001	15.2 °C	1,179 mm	63	56
2000	36.9 °C17 August 2000	-16.4 °C22 December 2000	14.7 °C	1,049 mm	64	79
1999	39.3 °C30 July 1999	-12.4 °C10 January 1999	15.8 °C	957 mm	78	48
1998	36.7 °C5 September 1998	-10.6 °C12 March 1998	16.0 °C	1,295 mm	89	42
1997	36.7 °C27 July 1997	-20.0 °C17 January 1997	13.8 °C	1,436 mm	43	63
1996	34.8 °C1 July 1996	-18.1 °C4 February 1996	13.9 °C	1,477 mm	50	78
1995	36.3 °C13 July 1995	-14.2 °C5 January 1995	14.9 °C	1,205 mm	71	75
1994	35.9 °C20 June 1994	-26.6 °C19 January 1994	15.0 °C	1,317 mm	68	56
1993	37.2 °C26 July 1993	-12.3 °C18 February 1993	14.4 °C	1,196 mm	80	72
1992	34.4 °C11 July 1992	-12.7 °C16 January 1992	14.3 °C	1,128 mm	39	53
1991	36.6 °C2 August 1991	-12.5 °C16 February 1991	15.3 °C	1,289 mm	74	62
1990	39.0 °C9 July 1990	-13.1 °C24 December 1990	15.6 °C	1,449 mm	69	42
1989	33.9 °C28 July 1989	-23.6 °C22 December 1989	13.9 °C	1,394 mm	55	80
1988	39.9 °C23 June 1988	-15.2 °C6 February 1988	14.4 °C	1,178 mm	82	69
1987	35.9 °C21 August 1987	-13.2 °C27 January 1987	15.0 °C	1,018 mm	82	59
1986	37.7 °C25 July 1986	-17.1 °C12 February 1986	15.0 °C	1,140 mm	74	63
1985	36.4 °C20 July 1985	-24.8 °C20 January 1985	14.1 °C	1,234 mm	57	76
1984	34.6 °C19 June 1984	-21.3 °C19 January 1984	14.3 °C	1,431 mm	63	66
1983	38.7 °C23 July 1983	-21.1 °C30 December 1983	14.2 °C	1,257 mm	84	69
1982	35.3 °C4 August 1982	-25.5 °C17 January 1982	14.5 °C	1,326 mm	56	72
1981	34.9 °C14 July 1981	-15.9 °C12 January 1981	14.0 °C	1,097 mm	48	72
1980	39.9 °C16 July 1980	-14.8 °C3 March 1980	14.3 °C	1,006 mm	90	71
1979	34.8 °C8 August 1979	-20.3 °C10 February 1979	13.4 °C	1,715 mm	38	80
1978	37.1 °C28 June 1978	-15.6 °C23 January 1978	13.5 °C	1,252 mm	80	81
1977	37.0 °C8 July 1977	-21.7 °C11 January 1977	14.5 °C	1,215 mm	71	69
1976	36.0 °C24 July 1976	-16.0 °C9 January 1976	13.6 °C	993 mm	42	73
1975	35.3 °C3 September 1975	-10.8 °C10 February 1975	14.9 °C	1,299 mm	73	60
1974	35.6 °C19 July 1974	-9.6 °C1 January 1974	14.6 °C	1,193 mm	42	56
1973	34.8 °C3 July 1973	-14.6 °C12 January 1973	15.0 °C	1,361 mm	62	58
1972	33.5 °C21 July 1972	-19.9 °C16 January 1972	14.1 °C	1,211 mm	59	68
1971	36.2 °C26 June 1971	-15.8 °C14 February 1971	14.7 °C	969 mm	63	68
1970	36.4 °C2 July 1970	-23.8 °C10 January 1970	14.0 °C	1,186 mm	64	74
1969	37.0 °C5 July 1969	-13.5 °C5 January 1969	13.9 °C	1,002 mm	70	80
1968	35.8 °C23 August 1968	-17.9 °C8 January 1968	13.8 °C	978 mm	64	83
1967	34.2 °C13 June 1967	-16.3 °C25 February 1967	14.3 °C	1,013 mm	40	75
1966	38.8 °C13 July 1966	-22.1 °C30 January 1966	13.6 °C	1,154 mm	61	81
1965	37.4 °C24 July 1965	-20.0 °C17 January 1965	14.8 °C	935 mm	78	71
1964	36.9 °C3 August 1964	-18.1 °C14 January 1964	14.7 °C	1,197 mm	80	70
1963	35.9 °C9 June 1963	-23.0 °C24 January 1963	14.0 °C	779 mm	60	79
1962	38.2 °C19 August 1962	-19.7 °C10 January 1962	14.4 °C	974 mm	84	74
1961	33.7 °C1 July 1961	-19.0 °C28 January 1961	14.1 °C	1,220 mm	57	61
1960	37.0 °C6 September 1960	-18.0 °C5 March 1960	13.7 °C	896 mm	79	93
1959	35.4 °C8 July 1959	-16.7 °C5 January 1959	14.7 °C	1,184 mm	81	75
1958	34.8 °C8 June 1958	-18.3 °C17 February 1958	13.4 °C	1,137 mm	64	79
1957	35.2 °C12 July 1957	-13.5 °C17 January 1957	14.8 °C	1,445 mm	57	58
1956	37.1 °C18 August 1956	-8.2 °C9 January 1956	15.2 °C	982 mm	91	58
1955	36.3 °C3 July 1955	-13.9 °C29 January 1955	14.9 °C	1,075 mm	87	78
1954	40.2 °C5 September 1954	-16.1 °C12 January 1954	15.6 °C	885 mm	98	57
1953	38.2 °C1 September 1953	-12.9 °C18 December 1953	15.6 °C	875 mm	101	49
1952	41.5 °C27 July 1952	-11.6 °C30 January 1952	15.2 °C	879 mm	102	54
1951	36.4 °C31 August 1951	-28.2 °C2 February 1951	14.2 °C	1,391 mm	76	68
1950	34.5 °C26 June 1950	-16.8 °C25 November 1950	13.8 °C	1,857 mm	23	89
1949	33.4 °C8 July 1949	-11.3 °C30 January 1949	15.1 °C	1,320 mm	62	58
1948	35.7 °C4 July 1948	-17.7 °C18 January 1948	14.5 °C	1,402 mm	77	66
1947	39.6 °C5 August 1947	-11.5 °C8 February 1947	13.9 °C	956 mm	74	88
1946	34.8 °C9 August 1946	-8.2 °C27 January 1946	15.3 °C	1,160 mm	42	46
1945	37.9 °C24 July 1945	-16.9 °C20 December 1945	14.4 °C	1,197 mm	63	67
1944	38.1 °C27 June 1944	-8.3 °C13 February 1944	14.5 °C	1,111 mm	76	69
1943	40.0 °C26 August 1943	-15.6 °C8 March 1943	14.0 °C	719 mm	75	74
1942	38.0 °C1 August 1942	-20.9 °C8 January 1942	13.9 °C	1,014 mm	60	79
1941	35.6 °C11 August 1941	-9.0 °C18 March 1941	14.2 °C	858 mm	77	86
1940	36.1 °C30 July 1940	-22.6 °C26 January 1940	12.9 °C	1,040 mm	54	84

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.1 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

80 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

69 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1449 mm

+259 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	5.5 °C	-1.0 °C	111 mm	+9 mm
Feb	10.6 °C	+1.5 °C	186 mm	+80 mm
Mar	19.1 °C	+4.7 °C	124 mm	-3 mm
Apr	22.6 °C	+2.3 °C	232 mm	+116 mm
May	23.8 °C	-1.2 °C	198 mm	+83 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+0.1 °C	162 mm	+77 mm
Jul	32.3 °C	+0.9 °C	105 mm	+11 mm
Aug	31.2 °C	+0.3 °C	14 mm	-64 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+2.2 °C	80 mm	-1 mm
Oct	22.7 °C	+1.3 °C	111 mm	+36 mm
Nov	15.7 °C	+1.7 °C	75 mm	-27 mm
Dec	9.4 °C	+0.7 °C	51 mm	-57 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.0 °C

16 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-14.0 °C

20 Jan 2025

Wettest day

74.4 mm

15 Feb 2025

Windiest day

34.2 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

86.0 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.4 °C

19 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-19.1 °C

20 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

7.7 cm

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

31 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Hopkinsville?

Hopkinsville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 1,190 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hopkinsville?

The hottest day measured in Hopkinsville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 42.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Hopkinsville?

The coldest day measured in Hopkinsville between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -28.2 °C.

Does it snow in Hopkinsville?

Yes. Hopkinsville gets on average 22.8 cm of snow per year and has around 67 frost days.

Has the climate of Hopkinsville warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Hopkinsville?

The wettest day measured in Hopkinsville between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2010, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Hopkinsville?

The windiest day measured in Hopkinsville between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2009, with winds reaching 46.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Hopkinsville?

The warmest month in Hopkinsville is July (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Hopkinsville?

Hopkinsville receives on average 1,190 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Hopkinsville?

Hopkinsville gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hopkinsville?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hopkinsville between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1960, with 21.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Hopkinsville?

Yes: Hopkinsville has on average 71 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hopkinsville?

In Hopkinsville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 29 June 2012, and the lowest was -33.8 °C on 2 February 1951.

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