Saint Matthews climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Saint Matthews?

Saint Matthews has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,111 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saint Matthews?

The hottest day measured in Saint Matthews between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 40.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Saint Matthews?

The coldest day measured in Saint Matthews between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -28.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Saint Matthews?

Yes. Saint Matthews gets on average 33.3 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Saint Matthews warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Saint Matthews?

The wettest day measured in Saint Matthews between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1979, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Saint Matthews?

The windiest day measured in Saint Matthews between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Saint Matthews?

The warmest month in Saint Matthews is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Saint Matthews?

Saint Matthews receives on average 1,111 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Saint Matthews?

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

Saint Matthews (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,111 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Saint Matthews averages 80 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.

Saint Matthews has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 92 to 68 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -28.7 °C (on 19 January 1994).

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

Saint MatthewsKentucky

coords: 38.25°, -85.66°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

13.2°C

Average daily high

18.4°C

Average daily low

8.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,111mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

14.6km/h

Seasonal range

24.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

80 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

53 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

123 d/yr

Annual snowfall

33.3 cm

Average feels-like high

17.7 °C

Average feels-like low

6.9 °C

Average peak gust

34.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

54 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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

40.6 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest day

-28.7 °C

19 January 1994

Wettest day

110 mm

21 September 1979

Windiest day

43.3 km/h

14 September 2008

Strongest gust

113.8 km/h

28 March 1977

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest feels-like

-34.9 °C

20 January 1985

Snowiest day

27.0 cm

22 March 1968

Sunniest day

14.4 h

14 June 2014

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.3 °C5 July 2025	-16.5 °C22 January 2025	14.0 °C	1,408 mm	64	76
2024	36.4 °C28 August 2024	-16.1 °C20 January 2024	14.9 °C	1,202 mm	67	52
2023	35.0 °C28 July 2023	-7.7 °C4 February 2023	15.0 °C	1,002 mm	47	43
2022	36.5 °C5 July 2022	-21.8 °C23 December 2022	14.0 °C	1,220 mm	62	86
2021	34.3 °C29 July 2021	-16.2 °C20 February 2021	14.3 °C	1,270 mm	45	73
2020	34.3 °C18 July 2020	-9.9 °C25 December 2020	14.3 °C	1,224 mm	51	52
2019	35.9 °C13 September 2019	-18.1 °C31 January 2019	14.4 °C	1,438 mm	79	72
2018	34.2 °C4 July 2018	-17.3 °C2 January 2018	14.1 °C	1,461 mm	70	75
2017	35.1 °C22 July 2017	-17.0 °C8 January 2017	14.7 °C	1,222 mm	47	58
2016	34.0 °C16 June 2016	-14.9 °C11 January 2016	14.6 °C	1,157 mm	67	68
2015	33.9 °C4 September 2015	-23.1 °C17 February 2015	14.1 °C	1,266 mm	53	71
2014	34.4 °C19 June 2014	-20.7 °C24 January 2014	12.6 °C	1,137 mm	44	90
2013	35.0 °C30 August 2013	-13.7 °C1 February 2013	13.2 °C	1,129 mm	41	92
2012	40.6 °C29 June 2012	-8.9 °C14 January 2012	15.2 °C	813 mm	75	61
2011	37.7 °C3 September 2011	-15.7 °C22 January 2011	14.2 °C	1,575 mm	70	65
2010	37.2 °C4 August 2010	-15.6 °C14 December 2010	14.0 °C	874 mm	98	84
2009	32.8 °C24 June 2009	-17.9 °C16 January 2009	13.2 °C	1,142 mm	21	67
2008	36.7 °C21 July 2008	-15.4 °C22 December 2008	13.4 °C	1,168 mm	60	85
2007	37.8 °C16 August 2007	-15.1 °C5 February 2007	14.8 °C	961 mm	88	75
2006	34.5 °C2 August 2006	-13.5 °C19 February 2006	14.0 °C	1,261 mm	40	62
2005	36.2 °C12 August 2005	-13.4 °C18 January 2005	14.1 °C	968 mm	64	76
2004	33.7 °C13 July 2004	-22.4 °C25 December 2004	13.6 °C	1,248 mm	30	75
2003	34.7 °C27 August 2003	-18.1 °C24 January 2003	13.0 °C	1,299 mm	39	85
2002	36.3 °C4 August 2002	-12.2 °C4 March 2002	14.0 °C	1,287 mm	73	75
2001	34.2 °C8 July 2001	-17.6 °C21 January 2001	13.9 °C	1,114 mm	46	67
2000	35.4 °C9 August 2000	-18.4 °C23 December 2000	13.2 °C	1,103 mm	39	86
1999	39.3 °C30 July 1999	-18.6 °C5 January 1999	14.2 °C	918 mm	72	70
1998	36.3 °C6 September 1998	-11.1 °C12 March 1998	14.8 °C	1,062 mm	68	54
1997	36.0 °C27 July 1997	-19.0 °C12 January 1997	12.6 °C	1,200 mm	34	73
1996	35.4 °C30 June 1996	-20.4 °C4 February 1996	12.5 °C	1,516 mm	41	95
1995	35.4 °C13 July 1995	-16.4 °C12 February 1995	13.3 °C	1,225 mm	57	86
1994	35.8 °C20 June 1994	-28.7 °C19 January 1994	13.5 °C	1,050 mm	63	67
1993	35.1 °C28 July 1993	-18.7 °C18 February 1993	12.9 °C	1,191 mm	59	85
1992	34.1 °C13 July 1992	-16.7 °C16 January 1992	12.9 °C	998 mm	22	73
1991	37.5 °C2 August 1991	-13.8 °C16 February 1991	14.3 °C	956 mm	75	72
1990	35.7 °C10 July 1990	-13.7 °C24 December 1990	14.2 °C	1,400 mm	46	53
1989	35.9 °C4 August 1989	-28.5 °C22 December 1989	12.8 °C	1,218 mm	53	85
1988	39.2 °C9 July 1988	-20.5 °C13 February 1988	13.1 °C	966 mm	67	91
1987	35.9 °C22 August 1987	-12.5 °C24 January 1987	13.8 °C	894 mm	66	70
1986	36.2 °C25 July 1986	-18.1 °C13 February 1986	13.8 °C	993 mm	62	68
1985	34.8 °C8 September 1985	-27.6 °C20 January 1985	13.1 °C	1,079 mm	44	82
1984	34.0 °C13 June 1984	-23.2 °C21 January 1984	13.1 °C	1,323 mm	54	80
1983	38.8 °C22 July 1983	-22.0 °C25 December 1983	13.2 °C	1,174 mm	78	76
1982	33.4 °C3 August 1982	-25.5 °C17 January 1982	13.0 °C	1,184 mm	27	82
1981	33.7 °C9 July 1981	-16.7 °C19 December 1981	12.7 °C	1,044 mm	31	88
1980	39.2 °C16 July 1980	-19.3 °C3 March 1980	12.9 °C	904 mm	75	88
1979	33.3 °C8 August 1979	-23.1 °C15 January 1979	12.0 °C	1,609 mm	19	92
1978	36.3 °C27 June 1978	-19.7 °C30 January 1978	12.1 °C	1,189 mm	59	91
1977	35.3 °C19 July 1977	-25.9 °C17 January 1977	13.1 °C	1,180 mm	64	77
1976	35.2 °C24 July 1976	-20.3 °C9 January 1976	12.3 °C	953 mm	33	92
1975	34.7 °C20 June 1975	-11.5 °C10 February 1975	13.6 °C	1,242 mm	64	76
1974	33.9 °C3 July 1974	-11.1 °C26 February 1974	13.3 °C	1,137 mm	42	70
1973	33.9 °C3 September 1973	-16.4 °C22 December 1973	13.7 °C	1,329 mm	47	75
1972	34.3 °C23 July 1972	-22.7 °C16 January 1972	12.6 °C	1,125 mm	38	89
1971	35.7 °C27 June 1971	-18.9 °C14 February 1971	13.3 °C	877 mm	44	80
1970	36.1 °C2 July 1970	-23.3 °C21 January 1970	12.8 °C	982 mm	54	90
1969	35.0 °C5 July 1969	-15.1 °C4 January 1969	12.3 °C	912 mm	45	100
1968	34.6 °C20 August 1968	-23.1 °C8 January 1968	12.5 °C	873 mm	48	96
1967	33.1 °C15 June 1967	-17.7 °C25 February 1967	12.6 °C	1,074 mm	25	83
1966	37.4 °C13 July 1966	-24.7 °C30 January 1966	12.4 °C	1,031 mm	58	81
1965	37.2 °C24 July 1965	-23.7 °C31 January 1965	13.2 °C	888 mm	45	90
1964	37.9 °C3 August 1964	-15.6 °C14 January 1964	13.4 °C	1,027 mm	68	85
1963	34.6 °C3 August 1963	-24.3 °C24 January 1963	12.2 °C	780 mm	38	89
1962	37.8 °C20 August 1962	-20.9 °C10 January 1962	12.9 °C	895 mm	68	87
1961	33.5 °C1 July 1961	-21.8 °C28 January 1961	12.6 °C	1,184 mm	43	78
1960	35.7 °C5 September 1960	-19.7 °C22 December 1960	12.4 °C	864 mm	57	105
1959	35.6 °C30 June 1959	-19.2 °C5 January 1959	13.6 °C	1,013 mm	78	84
1958	33.1 °C13 June 1958	-20.8 °C15 December 1958	11.8 °C	1,079 mm	36	95
1957	34.7 °C30 August 1957	-17.7 °C17 January 1957	13.5 °C	1,308 mm	47	76
1956	35.0 °C5 August 1956	-12.5 °C26 January 1956	13.4 °C	1,150 mm	38	76
1955	35.1 °C5 August 1955	-15.7 °C12 February 1955	13.5 °C	1,041 mm	67	92
1954	39.9 °C14 July 1954	-13.6 °C13 January 1954	14.1 °C	795 mm	85	73
1953	38.1 °C2 September 1953	-17.4 °C17 December 1953	14.3 °C	791 mm	83	67
1952	39.6 °C27 July 1952	-12.8 °C30 January 1952	13.8 °C	879 mm	86	70
1951	35.8 °C2 June 1951	-25.5 °C2 February 1951	12.6 °C	1,383 mm	54	85
1950	33.0 °C26 June 1950	-17.0 °C25 November 1950	12.5 °C	1,622 mm	13	98
1949	33.6 °C4 July 1949	-13.3 °C1 February 1949	13.8 °C	1,191 mm	52	67
1948	36.3 °C26 August 1948	-20.5 °C25 January 1948	13.0 °C	1,263 mm	50	77
1947	37.2 °C6 August 1947	-15.6 °C5 February 1947	12.3 °C	848 mm	50	104
1946	33.0 °C19 July 1946	-12.9 °C27 January 1946	13.7 °C	1,072 mm	22	66
1945	35.6 °C31 August 1945	-20.3 °C1 February 1945	12.8 °C	1,098 mm	47	87
1944	36.8 °C28 June 1944	-12.2 °C13 February 1944	13.1 °C	895 mm	58	95
1943	37.4 °C25 August 1943	-22.0 °C8 March 1943	12.3 °C	736 mm	59	104
1942	35.8 °C2 August 1942	-22.8 °C8 January 1942	12.3 °C	1,087 mm	29	99
1941	34.8 °C30 July 1941	-14.4 °C18 March 1941	12.7 °C	940 mm	45	102
1940	36.8 °C29 July 1940	-23.2 °C26 January 1940	11.5 °C	938 mm	46	105

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

64 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

76 d/yr

-4

Annual rainfall

1408 mm

+297 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	2.5 °C	-2.1 °C	105 mm	+16 mm
Feb	8.3 °C	+1.1 °C	150 mm	+61 mm
Mar	17.1 °C	+4.5 °C	135 mm	+24 mm
Apr	20.5 °C	+1.7 °C	200 mm	+86 mm
May	22.4 °C	-1.4 °C	188 mm	+75 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+0.5 °C	130 mm	+39 mm
Jul	31.4 °C	+1.1 °C	126 mm	+29 mm
Aug	29.0 °C	-0.7 °C	36 mm	-38 mm
Sep	28.1 °C	+1.8 °C	72 mm	-4 mm
Oct	20.8 °C	+0.8 °C	114 mm	+42 mm
Nov	13.3 °C	+0.8 °C	85 mm	-6 mm
Dec	7.1 °C	+0.3 °C	69 mm	-26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.3 °C

5 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-16.5 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

52.3 mm

5 Apr 2025

Windiest day

34.5 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

84.6 km/h

15 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.8 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-21.4 °C

14 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

10.6 cm

11 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.3 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Saint Matthews?

Saint Matthews has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,111 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saint Matthews?

The hottest day measured in Saint Matthews between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 40.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Saint Matthews?

The coldest day measured in Saint Matthews between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -28.7 °C.

Does it snow in Saint Matthews?

Yes. Saint Matthews gets on average 33.3 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.

Has the climate of Saint Matthews warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Saint Matthews?

The wettest day measured in Saint Matthews between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1979, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Saint Matthews?

The windiest day measured in Saint Matthews between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Saint Matthews?

The warmest month in Saint Matthews is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Saint Matthews?

Saint Matthews receives on average 1,111 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Saint Matthews?

Saint Matthews 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 Saint Matthews?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saint Matthews between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1968, with 27.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Saint Matthews?

Yes: Saint Matthews has on average 54 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saint Matthews?

In Saint Matthews, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 29 June 2012, and the lowest was -34.9 °C on 20 January 1985.

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