Paducah climate — normals and trends
Paducah (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 1,157 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Paducah averages 63 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Paducah has warmed by +1.4 °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 71 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.7 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -28.0 °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
PaducahKentucky
- coords
- 37.08°, -88.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.8°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
10.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,157mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
63 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
72 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
23.6 cm
Average feels-like high
19.4 °C
Average feels-like low
8.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
78 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °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
42.7 °C
29 June 2012
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
2 February 1951
Wettest day
119 mm
9 March 1964
Windiest day
49.8 km/h
11 February 2009
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
11 February 2009
Hottest feels-like
46.5 °C
2 July 1980
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
2 February 1951
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
16 January 1978
Sunniest day
14.0 h
29 May 1940
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 | 4.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 117 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | 9.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 168 mm | +71 mm |
| Mar | 19.0 °C | +4.8 °C | 110 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 22.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 268 mm | +147 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | -1.4 °C | 191 mm | +72 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 158 mm | +72 mm |
| Jul | 32.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 101 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 11 mm | -62 mm |
| Sep | 29.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 85 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 22.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 145 mm | +66 mm |
| Nov | 15.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 54 mm | -43 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 35 mm | -64 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Paducah?
Paducah has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 1,157 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Paducah?
The hottest day measured in Paducah between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 42.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Paducah?
The coldest day measured in Paducah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Paducah?
Yes. Paducah gets on average 23.6 cm of snow per year and has around 63 frost days.
Has the climate of Paducah warmed?
Yes: Paducah warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Paducah?
The wettest day measured in Paducah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1964, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Paducah?
The windiest day measured in Paducah between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2009, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Paducah?
The warmest month in Paducah is July (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Paducah?
Paducah receives on average 1,157 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Paducah?
Paducah 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 Paducah?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Paducah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1978, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Paducah?
Yes: Paducah has on average 78 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Paducah?
In Paducah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 2 July 1980, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 2 February 1951.
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