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Kentucky weather by city

VSWeather covers 86 cities and towns in Kentucky, from Louisville (population 627,210) down to Hazard (population 5,105). Mayfield is the state's sunniest covered city at 205 sunny days a year. Oakbrook is its snowiest at 21 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

Kentucky climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Mayfield 205 sunny days
  2. 2Paducah 204 sunny days
  3. 3Murray 203 sunny days
  4. 4Princeton 201 sunny days
  5. 5Hopkinsville 200 sunny days
  6. 6Fort Campbell North 200 sunny days
  7. 7Oak Grove 200 sunny days
  8. 8Henderson 199 sunny days
  9. 9Madisonville 199 sunny days
  10. 10Russellville 198 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Oakbrook 21 in of snow
  2. 2Florence 21 in of snow
  3. 3Burlington 21 in of snow
  4. 4Hebron 20 in of snow
  5. 5Erlanger 20 in of snow
  6. 6Elsmere 20 in of snow
  7. 7Pikeville 19 in of snow
  8. 8Union 19 in of snow
  9. 9Villa Hills 19 in of snow
  10. 10Edgewood 19 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Pikeville 148 wet days a year
  2. 2Williamsburg 143 wet days a year
  3. 3Corbin 143 wet days a year
  4. 4London 143 wet days a year
  5. 5Middlesborough 142 wet days a year
  6. 6Hazard 142 wet days a year
  7. 7Berea 140 wet days a year
  8. 8Ashland 139 wet days a year
  9. 9Flatwoods 139 wet days a year
  10. 10Monticello 138 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Madisonville 60 °F average
  2. 2Glasgow 60 °F average
  3. 3Mayfield 59 °F average
  4. 4Bowling Green 59 °F average
  5. 5Murray 59 °F average
  6. 6Fort Campbell North 59 °F average
  7. 7Oak Grove 59 °F average
  8. 8Princeton 59 °F average
  9. 9Shively 58 °F average
  10. 10Somerset 58 °F average

Popular Kentucky comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered Kentucky cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how Kentucky cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).