Jackson, KY: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 39.1°F in Jackson, KY, the coldest February since 2021, tied 21st coldest of 46 (with 2016).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 39.1°F; Coldest since 2021; 21st coldest of 46
Precipitation: 2.76 in; Driest since 2013; 9th driest of 46

A normal February in Jackson, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 40.2°F, between 33.6°F and 44.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.63 in of precipitation, between 1.84 in and 7.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Jackson, KY since 1981: 39.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 27.3°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 33.6 to 44.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Jackson, KY from 1981 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	39.1	25	47.8	26	30.5	23	2.76	38
2025	39.9	22	50.3	18	29.5	30	7.89	4
2024	46.3	4	56.5	3	36.1	5	5.66	12
2023	48.2	1	57.5	2	38.8	1	5.14	15
2022	41.8	15	52.1	10	31.5	19	5.61	13
2021	34.9	41	41.4	41	28.4	33	8.09	2
2020	43.2	10	52.1	10	34.3	10	7.12	8
2019	44.3	6	53.8	7	34.8	8	8.87	1
2018	47.2	3	56.2	5	38.3	2	8.00	3
2017	47.9	2	58.1	1	37.7	3	2.86	37
2016	39.1	25	47.2	30	31	20	6.27	9
2015	27.3	46	36.8	45	17.8	46	4.06	20
2014	35.6	37	44.7	39	26.5	39	4.47	16
2013	37.3	34	46.6	33	28.1	34	1.91	42
2012	41.7	16	50.3	18	33.1	15	3.90	22
2011	41.1	19	51.4	14	30.8	21	3.97	21
2010	30	45	36.3	46	23.6	44	3.11	31
2009	39.8	23	49.5	22	30.1	24	1.73	44
2008	38.6	28	47.6	27	29.7	27	3.41	29
2007	30.5	44	39.4	44	21.5	45	1.20	46
2006	38.2	31	47.1	31	29.3	31	1.85	43
2005	42.1	14	50	20	34.1	12	3.03	34
2004	38.6	28	47.4	28	29.7	27	3.77	23
2003	33.9	42	40.3	43	27.5	36	7.88	5
2002	39.3	24	48.9	24	29.6	29	1.24	45
2001	42.7	12	52.2	9	33.3	14	3.72	24
2000	44.3	6	54.2	6	34.5	9	3.53	27
1999	41.6	17	50.7	17	32.5	17	3.04	33
1998	42.9	11	49.4	23	36.5	4	4.45	18
1997	43.6	8	51.6	13	35.5	7	2.97	35
1996	36.9	35	45.7	36	28.1	34	3.11	31
1995	35.6	37	44.8	38	26.3	40	3.71	25
1994	40.6	20	51.1	15	30	25	7.42	7
1993	35.4	39	45.2	37	25.6	41	3.54	26
1992	43.4	9	52.6	8	34.2	11	3.12	30
1991	41.2	18	50.8	16	31.6	18	4.46	17
1990	46.3	4	56.5	3	36.1	5	6.27	9
1989	35.4	39	43.5	40	27.2	37	7.61	6
1988	36.4	36	47.4	28	25.4	42	2.00	41
1987	38.9	27	47	32	30.7	22	3.46	28
1986	40.5	21	48.3	25	32.8	16	5.44	14
1985	33	43	41.1	42	24.9	43	2.02	40
1984	42.7	12	52.1	10	33.4	13	2.88	36
1983	38	32	46.1	35	29.9	26	2.09	39
1982	37.8	33	46.4	34	29.3	31	4.34	19
1981	38.4	30	49.7	21	27.1	38	5.96	11

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	48.2
2017	47.9
2018	47.2
2024	46.3
1990	46.3
2019	44.3
2000	44.3
1997	43.6
1992	43.4
2020	43.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	27.3
2010	30
2007	30.5
1985	33
2003	33.9
2021	34.9
1993	35.4
1989	35.4
2014	35.6
1995	35.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	8.87
2021	8.09
2018	8.00
2025	7.89
2003	7.88
1989	7.61
1994	7.42
2020	7.12
2016	6.27
1990	6.27

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	1.20
2002	1.24
2009	1.73
2006	1.85
2013	1.91
1988	2.00
1985	2.02
1983	2.09
2026	2.76
2017	2.86

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 71°F; 19 February 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 20 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 2.76 in of precipitation in Jackson, KY, the driest February since 2013, 9th driest of 46.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Jackson, KY: 71°F on Thursday 19 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Jackson, KY: a low of 9°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Jackson, KY: 0.75 in on Friday 20 February 2026.