Valley Station climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Valley Station?

Valley Station has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,138 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Valley Station?

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

Q: What is the coldest day in Valley Station?

The coldest day measured in Valley Station between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Valley Station?

Yes. Valley Station gets on average 31.7 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Valley Station warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Valley Station?

The wettest day measured in Valley Station between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1979, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Valley Station?

The windiest day measured in Valley Station between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 47.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Valley Station?

The warmest month in Valley Station is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Valley Station?

Valley Station receives on average 1,138 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Valley Station?

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

Valley Station (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,138 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 (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Valley Station averages 80 frost days, 55 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.

Valley Station 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 40.4 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -29.1 °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

Valley StationKentucky

coords: 38.11°, -85.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

13.4°C

Average daily high

18.7°C

Average daily low

8.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,138mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

14.4km/h

Seasonal range

24.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

80 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

124 d/yr

Annual snowfall

31.7 cm

Average feels-like high

18.0 °C

Average feels-like low

6.9 °C

Average peak gust

34.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

53 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.3 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

40.4 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest day

-29.1 °C

19 January 1994

Wettest day

113 mm

21 September 1979

Windiest day

47.1 km/h

14 September 2008

Strongest gust

108.7 km/h

3 April 1982

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest feels-like

-34.3 °C

20 January 1985

Snowiest day

30.7 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	34.8 °C19 August 2025	-16.8 °C22 January 2025	14.2 °C	1,487 mm	68	77
2024	36.6 °C29 August 2024	-17.9 °C17 January 2024	15.1 °C	1,235 mm	71	54
2023	35.6 °C28 July 2023	-7.8 °C4 February 2023	15.2 °C	1,055 mm	51	48
2022	37.4 °C5 July 2022	-21.8 °C23 December 2022	14.2 °C	1,197 mm	65	86
2021	34.0 °C26 August 2021	-16.1 °C20 February 2021	14.4 °C	1,274 mm	47	73
2020	33.9 °C18 July 2020	-10.1 °C15 February 2020	14.4 °C	1,291 mm	51	50
2019	35.9 °C13 September 2019	-17.2 °C30 January 2019	14.5 °C	1,512 mm	82	67
2018	34.6 °C4 July 2018	-17.5 °C6 January 2018	14.3 °C	1,463 mm	75	76
2017	36.6 °C22 July 2017	-15.6 °C8 January 2017	14.9 °C	1,245 mm	56	59
2016	34.0 °C16 June 2016	-16.7 °C24 January 2016	14.8 °C	1,157 mm	68	66
2015	34.4 °C4 September 2015	-22.9 °C20 February 2015	14.3 °C	1,317 mm	57	70
2014	34.4 °C1 July 2014	-18.9 °C24 January 2014	12.9 °C	1,109 mm	50	89
2013	34.7 °C30 August 2013	-12.8 °C1 February 2013	13.3 °C	1,167 mm	41	90
2012	40.4 °C29 June 2012	-9.9 °C14 January 2012	15.4 °C	854 mm	73	64
2011	38.0 °C3 September 2011	-16.5 °C10 February 2011	14.4 °C	1,569 mm	72	67
2010	37.3 °C4 August 2010	-14.2 °C31 January 2010	14.2 °C	875 mm	99	84
2009	33.1 °C25 June 2009	-18.5 °C16 January 2009	13.3 °C	1,189 mm	24	70
2008	36.6 °C21 July 2008	-15.3 °C22 December 2008	13.6 °C	1,158 mm	65	84
2007	38.1 °C16 August 2007	-14.5 °C5 February 2007	14.9 °C	976 mm	88	79
2006	34.9 °C2 August 2006	-13.3 °C19 February 2006	14.1 °C	1,299 mm	43	64
2005	35.7 °C12 August 2005	-13.5 °C18 January 2005	14.2 °C	973 mm	70	79
2004	33.9 °C13 July 2004	-22.7 °C25 December 2004	13.8 °C	1,347 mm	29	76
2003	34.5 °C27 August 2003	-17.7 °C24 January 2003	13.2 °C	1,286 mm	41	85
2002	35.7 °C4 August 2002	-12.6 °C20 January 2002	14.1 °C	1,302 mm	71	76
2001	34.5 °C8 July 2001	-18.1 °C21 January 2001	14.0 °C	1,117 mm	50	68
2000	35.4 °C9 August 2000	-17.6 °C25 December 2000	13.5 °C	1,071 mm	42	90
1999	39.1 °C30 July 1999	-17.6 °C10 January 1999	14.4 °C	929 mm	73	65
1998	36.2 °C6 September 1998	-12.0 °C12 March 1998	15.0 °C	1,084 mm	75	54
1997	35.8 °C27 July 1997	-20.8 °C12 January 1997	12.7 °C	1,276 mm	35	76
1996	34.7 °C30 June 1996	-22.2 °C4 February 1996	12.6 °C	1,523 mm	40	93
1995	35.3 °C13 July 1995	-16.3 °C12 February 1995	13.4 °C	1,212 mm	57	85
1994	35.6 °C5 July 1994	-29.1 °C19 January 1994	13.7 °C	1,169 mm	62	69
1993	35.5 °C28 July 1993	-17.1 °C18 February 1993	13.1 °C	1,155 mm	63	84
1992	34.4 °C13 July 1992	-16.4 °C16 January 1992	13.0 °C	1,047 mm	24	71
1991	36.7 °C2 August 1991	-13.9 °C16 February 1991	14.4 °C	1,050 mm	73	75
1990	36.6 °C10 July 1990	-13.5 °C24 December 1990	14.5 °C	1,418 mm	53	55
1989	35.7 °C4 August 1989	-27.2 °C22 December 1989	13.0 °C	1,277 mm	55	84
1988	39.1 °C8 July 1988	-19.8 °C13 February 1988	13.2 °C	1,005 mm	69	92
1987	36.5 °C22 August 1987	-12.8 °C24 January 1987	14.0 °C	933 mm	70	73
1986	36.0 °C25 July 1986	-19.4 °C13 February 1986	13.9 °C	1,046 mm	62	72
1985	35.1 °C13 August 1985	-27.1 °C20 January 1985	13.3 °C	1,093 mm	44	84
1984	33.8 °C13 June 1984	-21.6 °C21 January 1984	13.2 °C	1,369 mm	57	79
1983	38.7 °C23 July 1983	-21.4 °C25 December 1983	13.3 °C	1,170 mm	79	76
1982	33.7 °C4 August 1982	-23.1 °C17 January 1982	13.2 °C	1,182 mm	32	86
1981	33.6 °C9 July 1981	-16.7 °C12 January 1981	12.8 °C	1,072 mm	31	92
1980	38.8 °C16 July 1980	-18.8 °C3 March 1980	13.0 °C	913 mm	75	89
1979	33.2 °C8 August 1979	-21.9 °C2 February 1979	12.2 °C	1,623 mm	23	93
1978	36.6 °C27 June 1978	-19.9 °C5 March 1978	12.3 °C	1,243 mm	61	87
1977	35.2 °C19 July 1977	-22.9 °C17 January 1977	13.3 °C	1,221 mm	66	77
1976	35.3 °C24 July 1976	-21.5 °C9 January 1976	12.4 °C	1,003 mm	33	96
1975	34.8 °C20 June 1975	-11.8 °C10 February 1975	13.7 °C	1,280 mm	66	74
1974	34.2 °C27 July 1974	-10.5 °C26 February 1974	13.5 °C	1,163 mm	43	67
1973	34.1 °C2 September 1973	-15.3 °C22 December 1973	13.9 °C	1,316 mm	50	72
1972	34.4 °C23 July 1972	-22.6 °C16 January 1972	12.8 °C	1,159 mm	40	91
1971	35.2 °C27 June 1971	-20.2 °C14 February 1971	13.4 °C	928 mm	40	80
1970	36.0 °C2 July 1970	-24.6 °C21 January 1970	13.0 °C	993 mm	58	89
1969	34.9 °C5 July 1969	-14.8 °C4 January 1969	12.5 °C	945 mm	49	100
1968	34.9 °C23 August 1968	-22.5 °C8 January 1968	12.6 °C	909 mm	49	95
1967	33.0 °C15 June 1967	-17.6 °C25 February 1967	12.7 °C	1,124 mm	23	85
1966	37.5 °C13 July 1966	-24.8 °C30 January 1966	12.5 °C	1,121 mm	57	83
1965	36.9 °C24 July 1965	-22.5 °C31 January 1965	13.3 °C	927 mm	49	86
1964	37.6 °C3 August 1964	-15.9 °C14 January 1964	13.5 °C	1,048 mm	70	85
1963	34.8 °C3 August 1963	-23.9 °C24 January 1963	12.5 °C	760 mm	49	87
1962	37.2 °C20 August 1962	-20.9 °C10 January 1962	13.0 °C	955 mm	65	88
1961	33.7 °C1 July 1961	-22.0 °C28 January 1961	12.8 °C	1,224 mm	47	80
1960	35.9 °C5 September 1960	-19.2 °C22 December 1960	12.5 °C	909 mm	58	105
1959	35.7 °C30 June 1959	-19.0 °C5 January 1959	13.7 °C	1,065 mm	77	86
1958	33.5 °C13 June 1958	-19.9 °C17 February 1958	12.0 °C	1,065 mm	39	95
1957	35.0 °C30 August 1957	-14.7 °C17 January 1957	13.7 °C	1,354 mm	50	75
1956	35.1 °C5 August 1956	-11.1 °C26 January 1956	13.6 °C	1,158 mm	43	75
1955	35.1 °C5 August 1955	-15.4 °C12 February 1955	13.6 °C	1,068 mm	68	95
1954	39.6 °C14 July 1954	-16.9 °C13 January 1954	14.2 °C	807 mm	88	75
1953	37.8 °C20 June 1953	-15.7 °C17 December 1953	14.4 °C	802 mm	85	69
1952	39.8 °C27 July 1952	-13.3 °C30 January 1952	14.1 °C	873 mm	91	75
1951	36.0 °C2 June 1951	-25.6 °C2 February 1951	12.8 °C	1,417 mm	56	83
1950	33.1 °C26 June 1950	-17.1 °C25 November 1950	12.6 °C	1,684 mm	13	99
1949	33.6 °C6 July 1949	-13.0 °C1 February 1949	14.0 °C	1,215 mm	50	68
1948	36.6 °C26 August 1948	-23.1 °C26 January 1948	13.2 °C	1,281 mm	54	76
1947	37.2 °C6 August 1947	-15.2 °C5 February 1947	12.5 °C	855 mm	55	104
1946	33.1 °C19 July 1946	-12.7 °C27 January 1946	13.9 °C	1,124 mm	23	67
1945	35.7 °C31 August 1945	-20.3 °C1 February 1945	13.0 °C	1,114 mm	52	87
1944	36.5 °C28 June 1944	-12.4 °C13 February 1944	13.2 °C	940 mm	58	95
1943	37.1 °C25 August 1943	-22.1 °C8 March 1943	12.5 °C	750 mm	61	103
1942	35.6 °C2 August 1942	-23.0 °C8 January 1942	12.5 °C	1,112 mm	31	98
1941	34.7 °C30 July 1941	-14.3 °C18 March 1941	12.9 °C	912 mm	51	102
1940	36.6 °C29 July 1940	-24.0 °C26 January 1940	11.7 °C	960 mm	45	105

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.6 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

+13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

77 d/yr

-3

Annual rainfall

1487 mm

+349 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	3.0 °C	-2.1 °C	113 mm	+21 mm
Feb	9.4 °C	+1.8 °C	158 mm	+65 mm
Mar	17.5 °C	+4.5 °C	159 mm	+44 mm
Apr	20.9 °C	+1.8 °C	218 mm	+104 mm
May	22.5 °C	-1.4 °C	202 mm	+87 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+0.5 °C	133 mm	+41 mm
Jul	31.7 °C	+1.3 °C	117 mm	+21 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	-0.4 °C	33 mm	-43 mm
Sep	28.3 °C	+1.8 °C	85 mm	+6 mm
Oct	21.0 °C	+0.7 °C	122 mm	+48 mm
Nov	13.8 °C	+0.9 °C	81 mm	-13 mm
Dec	7.6 °C	+0.4 °C	66 mm	-32 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.8 °C

19 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-16.8 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

57.9 mm

5 Apr 2025

Windiest day

34.9 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

84.6 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-21.1 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

11.5 cm

11 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.3 h

10 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Valley Station?

Valley Station has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,138 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Valley Station?

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

What is the coldest day in Valley Station?

The coldest day measured in Valley Station between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.1 °C.

Does it snow in Valley Station?

Yes. Valley Station gets on average 31.7 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.

Has the climate of Valley Station warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Valley Station?

The wettest day measured in Valley Station between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1979, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Valley Station?

The windiest day measured in Valley Station between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 47.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Valley Station?

The warmest month in Valley Station is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Valley Station?

Valley Station receives on average 1,138 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Valley Station?

Valley Station 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 Valley Station?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Valley Station between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1968, with 30.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Valley Station?

Yes: Valley Station has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Valley Station?

In Valley Station, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 29 June 2012, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 20 January 1985.

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