Madisonville climate — normals and trends
Madisonville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,135 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 (1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Madisonville averages 69 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Madisonville 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 78 to 60 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -28.4 °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
MadisonvilleKentucky
- coords
- 37.33°, -87.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.5°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
9.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,135mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
69 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
70 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.1 °C
Average feels-like low
8.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
70 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 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
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
41.9 °C
29 June 2012
Coldest day
-28.4 °C
2 February 1951
Wettest day
129 mm
23 September 2006
Windiest day
50.9 km/h
11 February 2009
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
11 February 2009
Hottest feels-like
46.4 °C
2 July 1980
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
2 February 1951
Snowiest day
22.0 cm
19 March 1996
Sunniest day
14.1 h
14 June 2014
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 105 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 9.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 185 mm | +89 mm |
| Mar | 18.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 119 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 22.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 240 mm | +128 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | -1.3 °C | 175 mm | +64 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 135 mm | +46 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 81 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 12 mm | -65 mm |
| Sep | 29.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 74 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 22.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 142 mm | +67 mm |
| Nov | 15.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 64 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 8.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 55 mm | -44 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Madisonville?
Madisonville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,135 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Madisonville?
The hottest day measured in Madisonville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 41.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Madisonville?
The coldest day measured in Madisonville between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -28.4 °C.
Does it snow in Madisonville?
Yes. Madisonville gets on average 26.2 cm of snow per year and has around 69 frost days.
Has the climate of Madisonville warmed?
Yes: Madisonville warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Madisonville?
The wettest day measured in Madisonville between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 2006, with 129 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Madisonville?
The windiest day measured in Madisonville between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2009, with winds reaching 50.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Madisonville?
The warmest month in Madisonville is July (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Madisonville?
Madisonville receives on average 1,135 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Madisonville?
Madisonville gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Madisonville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Madisonville between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1996, with 22.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Madisonville?
Yes: Madisonville has on average 70 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Madisonville?
In Madisonville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 2 July 1980, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 2 February 1951.
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