Murray climate — normals and trends
Murray (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 1,205 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Murray averages 57 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Murray has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 64 to 50 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -29.1 °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
MurrayKentucky
- coords
- 36.61°, -88.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
19.9°C
Average daily low
10.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,205mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
57 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
66 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.4 cm
Average feels-like high
19.5 °C
Average feels-like low
9.3 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
82 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
42.3 °C
29 June 2012
Coldest day
-29.1 °C
2 February 1951
Wettest day
157 mm
6 May 1984
Windiest day
47.4 km/h
11 February 2009
Strongest gust
111.6 km/h
25 February 2011
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
29 June 2012
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
2 February 1951
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
2 March 1960
Sunniest day
14.0 h
30 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 116 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | 10.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 180 mm | +74 mm |
| Mar | 19.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 138 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 22.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 306 mm | +184 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 191 mm | +72 mm |
| Jun | 29.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 166 mm | +78 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 96 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 9 mm | -68 mm |
| Sep | 29.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 97 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 22.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 117 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 16.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 70 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 9.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 49 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Murray?
Murray has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 1,205 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Murray?
The hottest day measured in Murray between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 42.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Murray?
The coldest day measured in Murray between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -29.1 °C.
Does it snow in Murray?
Yes. Murray gets on average 20.4 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.
Has the climate of Murray warmed?
Yes: Murray warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Murray?
The wettest day measured in Murray between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1984, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Murray?
The windiest day measured in Murray between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2009, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Murray?
The warmest month in Murray is July (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Murray?
Murray receives on average 1,205 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Murray?
Murray 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 Murray?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Murray between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1960, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Murray?
Yes: Murray has on average 82 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Murray?
In Murray, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 29 June 2012, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 2 February 1951.
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