Average Temperatures in Kentucky

Average annual temperatures for cities, towns, parks and lakes throughout Kentucky are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, North - Central, South - Central and Western Kentucky.

Place name links take you to more detailed temperature information for that location.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum yearly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Eastern Kentucky

Average annual temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
65	43	Ashland	18	6
67	45	Baxter	19	7
67	48	Jackson	19	9
68	46	London	20	8
66	42	Mount Sterling	19	5

North - Central Kentucky

Average temperatures for the year
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
68	46	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Park	20	8
68	46	Bernheim Forest	20	8
66	45	Elizabethtown	19	7
67	46	Frankfort	20	8
67	47	Harrington Lake, Dix Dam	20	8
66	46	Lexington	19	8
68	50	Louisville	20	10
69	44	Rough River Lake	21	7
66	44	Warsaw, Markland Dam	19	7

South - Central Kentucky

Average yearly temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
68	47	Barren River Lake	20	8
68	49	Berea	20	9
70	49	Bowling Green	21	9
65	44	Cave Run Lake	19	7
66	45	Danville	19	7
71	48	Glasgow	22	9
66	42	Leitchfield	19	5
72	49	Mammoth Cave	22	9
67	45	Monticello	20	7
70	44	Nolin River Lake	21	7
68	46	Scottsville	20	8
68	49	Somerset	20	9
67	43	Stearns	19	6

Western Kentucky

Annual average temperature
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
67	47	Henderson	19	9
68	49	Hopkinsville	20	9
69	49	Kenlake State Resort Park	21	10
69	48	Murray	21	9
69	48	Paducah	21	9

Average Annual Temperatures in Kentucky

Eastern Kentucky

North - Central Kentucky

South - Central Kentucky

Western Kentucky

Reference

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