Shelbyville climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Shelbyville?

Shelbyville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,162 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 40.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Shelbyville?

The coldest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1989, at -29.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Shelbyville?

Yes. Shelbyville gets on average 36.0 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Shelbyville warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Shelbyville?

The wettest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1979, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Shelbyville?

The windiest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 45.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Shelbyville?

The warmest month in Shelbyville is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Shelbyville?

Shelbyville receives on average 1,162 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Shelbyville?

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

Shelbyville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,162 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Shelbyville averages 80 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.

Shelbyville 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 91 to 69 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -29.5 °C (on 22 December 1989).

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

ShelbyvilleKentucky

coords: 38.21°, -85.22°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

13.2°C

Average daily high

18.3°C

Average daily low

8.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,162mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

14.8km/h

Seasonal range

24.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

80 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

128 d/yr

Annual snowfall

36.0 cm

Average feels-like high

17.5 °C

Average feels-like low

6.7 °C

Average peak gust

35.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

51 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 = 0.33 · 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

40.4 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest day

-29.5 °C

22 December 1989

Wettest day

97 mm

21 September 1979

Windiest day

45.1 km/h

14 September 2008

Strongest gust

107.6 km/h

3 February 2016

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

30 July 1999

Coldest feels-like

-35.0 °C

22 December 1989

Snowiest day

33.0 cm

22 March 1968

Sunniest day

14.5 h

11 June 2019

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.3 °C19 August 2025	-16.9 °C22 January 2025	13.9 °C	1,481 mm	60	76
2024	35.9 °C29 August 2024	-16.1 °C20 January 2024	14.8 °C	1,264 mm	65	53
2023	34.4 °C28 July 2023	-8.0 °C4 February 2023	14.8 °C	1,054 mm	41	44
2022	36.2 °C22 June 2022	-22.1 °C23 December 2022	13.9 °C	1,281 mm	54	84
2021	33.9 °C24 August 2021	-14.2 °C20 February 2021	14.1 °C	1,385 mm	41	74
2020	33.4 °C18 July 2020	-10.1 °C25 December 2020	14.1 °C	1,352 mm	45	54
2019	35.5 °C13 September 2019	-21.2 °C21 January 2019	14.3 °C	1,538 mm	74	68
2018	34.8 °C4 July 2018	-17.5 °C6 January 2018	14.0 °C	1,531 mm	70	72
2017	35.2 °C22 July 2017	-14.5 °C7 January 2017	14.6 °C	1,255 mm	46	58
2016	33.8 °C16 June 2016	-14.8 °C24 January 2016	14.5 °C	1,152 mm	62	69
2015	33.6 °C11 June 2015	-25.6 °C20 February 2015	13.9 °C	1,391 mm	47	75
2014	34.1 °C19 June 2014	-21.4 °C24 January 2014	12.5 °C	1,182 mm	39	89
2013	34.9 °C28 August 2013	-13.4 °C1 February 2013	13.2 °C	1,154 mm	41	91
2012	40.4 °C29 June 2012	-8.7 °C14 January 2012	15.1 °C	866 mm	69	60
2011	37.9 °C3 September 2011	-18.7 °C22 January 2011	14.1 °C	1,500 mm	70	63
2010	36.6 °C4 August 2010	-14.8 °C12 February 2010	13.8 °C	867 mm	90	84
2009	32.5 °C19 June 2009	-17.5 °C16 January 2009	13.0 °C	1,225 mm	18	70
2008	36.6 °C21 July 2008	-15.5 °C22 December 2008	13.3 °C	1,177 mm	57	85
2007	37.8 °C16 August 2007	-15.5 °C5 February 2007	14.6 °C	1,002 mm	79	74
2006	34.3 °C2 August 2006	-13.7 °C19 February 2006	13.9 °C	1,233 mm	44	63
2005	36.0 °C13 August 2005	-13.5 °C18 January 2005	13.9 °C	997 mm	60	76
2004	32.3 °C10 July 2004	-21.0 °C25 December 2004	13.4 °C	1,358 mm	26	75
2003	34.4 °C27 August 2003	-17.5 °C8 February 2003	12.8 °C	1,314 mm	30	85
2002	36.1 °C4 August 2002	-12.8 °C4 March 2002	13.8 °C	1,323 mm	66	80
2001	34.1 °C8 July 2001	-17.4 °C21 January 2001	13.8 °C	1,120 mm	40	66
2000	35.3 °C9 August 2000	-17.9 °C23 December 2000	13.1 °C	1,120 mm	34	81
1999	39.4 °C30 July 1999	-18.8 °C5 January 1999	14.1 °C	959 mm	66	69
1998	35.9 °C6 September 1998	-11.1 °C1 January 1998	14.6 °C	1,151 mm	59	53
1997	35.4 °C27 July 1997	-18.4 °C12 January 1997	12.5 °C	1,267 mm	32	74
1996	35.3 °C30 June 1996	-21.0 °C4 February 1996	12.4 °C	1,541 mm	33	93
1995	35.2 °C13 July 1995	-17.0 °C12 February 1995	13.1 °C	1,242 mm	52	86
1994	35.1 °C20 June 1994	-28.8 °C19 January 1994	13.3 °C	1,168 mm	48	67
1993	35.7 °C28 July 1993	-17.9 °C18 February 1993	12.8 °C	1,186 mm	58	84
1992	34.5 °C13 July 1992	-17.1 °C16 January 1992	12.8 °C	1,008 mm	22	71
1991	37.1 °C2 August 1991	-14.4 °C16 February 1991	14.2 °C	1,018 mm	72	77
1990	35.8 °C10 July 1990	-12.7 °C24 December 1990	14.2 °C	1,479 mm	44	56
1989	35.5 °C4 August 1989	-29.5 °C22 December 1989	12.7 °C	1,302 mm	47	86
1988	39.4 °C9 July 1988	-20.9 °C13 February 1988	13.0 °C	984 mm	60	91
1987	36.3 °C22 August 1987	-12.9 °C27 January 1987	13.8 °C	907 mm	68	73
1986	36.5 °C25 July 1986	-19.5 °C13 February 1986	13.7 °C	1,010 mm	62	70
1985	34.7 °C8 September 1985	-27.0 °C20 January 1985	12.9 °C	1,122 mm	37	83
1984	34.0 °C13 June 1984	-23.5 °C21 January 1984	13.0 °C	1,383 mm	49	80
1983	38.5 °C22 July 1983	-22.3 °C25 December 1983	13.1 °C	1,187 mm	74	72
1982	33.4 °C5 July 1982	-23.2 °C17 January 1982	13.0 °C	1,178 mm	29	83
1981	33.4 °C9 July 1981	-18.0 °C20 December 1981	12.5 °C	1,154 mm	30	89
1980	38.6 °C16 July 1980	-19.4 °C3 March 1980	12.7 °C	938 mm	69	89
1979	33.2 °C8 August 1979	-23.0 °C15 January 1979	12.0 °C	1,572 mm	22	89
1978	36.3 °C27 June 1978	-20.2 °C5 March 1978	12.0 °C	1,281 mm	53	86
1977	35.4 °C19 July 1977	-25.8 °C17 January 1977	13.0 °C	1,251 mm	56	82
1976	35.1 °C24 July 1976	-19.5 °C9 January 1976	12.2 °C	938 mm	34	96
1975	34.8 °C20 June 1975	-11.3 °C10 February 1975	13.5 °C	1,300 mm	60	74
1974	33.8 °C27 July 1974	-9.9 °C13 January 1974	13.2 °C	1,185 mm	38	65
1973	34.4 °C2 September 1973	-15.8 °C22 December 1973	13.7 °C	1,364 mm	45	74
1972	34.4 °C23 July 1972	-22.5 °C16 January 1972	12.5 °C	1,190 mm	36	88
1971	35.7 °C27 June 1971	-18.9 °C14 February 1971	13.3 °C	899 mm	43	75
1970	36.1 °C2 July 1970	-23.2 °C21 January 1970	12.8 °C	1,069 mm	50	89
1969	35.3 °C5 July 1969	-15.1 °C4 January 1969	12.3 °C	957 mm	46	98
1968	35.0 °C24 August 1968	-22.3 °C8 January 1968	12.4 °C	934 mm	49	92
1967	33.0 °C15 June 1967	-18.1 °C25 February 1967	12.5 °C	1,156 mm	19	83
1966	36.4 °C10 July 1966	-24.7 °C30 January 1966	12.3 °C	1,096 mm	58	84
1965	36.9 °C24 July 1965	-21.5 °C17 January 1965	13.1 °C	984 mm	48	91
1964	37.5 °C3 August 1964	-17.1 °C14 January 1964	13.2 °C	1,078 mm	64	85
1963	34.3 °C3 August 1963	-25.2 °C24 January 1963	12.1 °C	881 mm	35	90
1962	37.8 °C20 August 1962	-20.9 °C10 January 1962	12.8 °C	984 mm	65	88
1961	33.8 °C1 July 1961	-21.1 °C28 January 1961	12.5 °C	1,237 mm	44	80
1960	36.0 °C5 September 1960	-19.5 °C6 March 1960	12.3 °C	956 mm	50	105
1959	35.2 °C30 June 1959	-19.8 °C5 January 1959	13.5 °C	1,095 mm	70	86
1958	33.3 °C4 July 1958	-20.1 °C17 February 1958	11.7 °C	1,111 mm	31	94
1957	35.3 °C30 August 1957	-14.7 °C17 January 1957	13.5 °C	1,323 mm	51	78
1956	35.0 °C5 August 1956	-12.0 °C26 January 1956	13.3 °C	1,263 mm	34	74
1955	34.9 °C19 August 1955	-16.0 °C12 February 1955	13.4 °C	1,090 mm	66	94
1954	40.2 °C14 July 1954	-14.6 °C13 January 1954	13.9 °C	825 mm	82	74
1953	38.9 °C2 September 1953	-18.2 °C17 December 1953	14.2 °C	824 mm	80	69
1952	39.3 °C27 July 1952	-13.3 °C30 January 1952	13.7 °C	938 mm	84	72
1951	35.6 °C2 June 1951	-26.0 °C2 February 1951	12.6 °C	1,422 mm	57	83
1950	33.1 °C26 June 1950	-17.2 °C25 November 1950	12.3 °C	1,723 mm	12	98
1949	34.0 °C4 July 1949	-12.4 °C30 January 1949	13.8 °C	1,243 mm	53	63
1948	36.8 °C26 August 1948	-22.4 °C26 January 1948	13.0 °C	1,347 mm	50	79
1947	36.2 °C6 August 1947	-15.8 °C5 February 1947	12.1 °C	930 mm	47	106
1946	33.6 °C19 July 1946	-13.2 °C27 January 1946	13.6 °C	1,101 mm	19	64
1945	35.1 °C31 August 1945	-21.0 °C1 February 1945	12.7 °C	1,152 mm	47	85
1944	36.8 °C28 June 1944	-12.4 °C13 February 1944	13.0 °C	957 mm	58	93
1943	36.7 °C25 August 1943	-21.1 °C8 March 1943	12.1 °C	814 mm	55	100
1942	35.4 °C2 August 1942	-22.2 °C8 January 1942	12.2 °C	1,141 mm	27	96
1941	34.1 °C11 August 1941	-14.7 °C18 March 1941	12.6 °C	1,009 mm	39	105
1940	36.8 °C29 July 1940	-25.1 °C27 January 1940	11.4 °C	976 mm	43	101

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.1 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

+10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

76 d/yr

-4

Annual rainfall

1481 mm

+319 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	2.3 °C	-2.4 °C	108 mm	+16 mm
Feb	8.9 °C	+1.7 °C	154 mm	+59 mm
Mar	17.0 °C	+4.4 °C	170 mm	+53 mm
Apr	20.4 °C	+1.7 °C	222 mm	+105 mm
May	22.1 °C	-1.5 °C	195 mm	+80 mm
Jun	28.9 °C	+0.6 °C	135 mm	+39 mm
Jul	31.3 °C	+1.2 °C	102 mm	-1 mm
Aug	29.2 °C	-0.3 °C	39 mm	-40 mm
Sep	28.0 °C	+1.8 °C	86 mm	+7 mm
Oct	20.6 °C	+0.7 °C	116 mm	+41 mm
Nov	13.1 °C	+0.7 °C	85 mm	-10 mm
Dec	7.1 °C	+0.3 °C	71 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.3 °C

19 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-16.9 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

49.9 mm

5 Apr 2025

Windiest day

35.7 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

83.9 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-21.5 °C

14 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

11.4 cm

11 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.4 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Shelbyville?

Shelbyville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,162 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shelbyville?

The hottest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 40.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Shelbyville?

The coldest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1989, at -29.5 °C.

Does it snow in Shelbyville?

Yes. Shelbyville gets on average 36.0 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.

Has the climate of Shelbyville warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Shelbyville?

The wettest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1979, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Shelbyville?

The windiest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 45.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Shelbyville?

The warmest month in Shelbyville is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Shelbyville?

Shelbyville receives on average 1,162 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Shelbyville?

Shelbyville 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 Shelbyville?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1968, with 33.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Shelbyville?

Yes: Shelbyville has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shelbyville?

In Shelbyville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 30 July 1999, and the lowest was -35.0 °C on 22 December 1989.

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