Jackson, KY: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 74.8°F in Jackson, KY, the warmest summer since 2025, tied 21st warmest of 46 (with 1983).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 74.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 21st warmest of 46
Precipitation: 18.72 in; Wettest since 2022; 6th wettest of 46

A normal summer in Jackson, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74.3°F, between 72.2°F and 76.4°F in eight years of ten and 14.50 in of precipitation, between 10.80 in and 17.52 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Jackson, KY since 1981: 74.8°F in 2026; the highest is 76.6°F, in 2016, 2005 and 1995.

Normal range, 72.2 to 76.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	74.8	21	83.4	25	66.1	10	18.72	6
2025	75	17	83.8	24	66.3	9	16.81	13
2024	75.8	7	85.6	8	66.1	10	12.23	33
2023	73.4	33	82.4	34	64.4	28	16.47	15
2022	75.8	7	84.9	13	66.7	5	21.94	2
2021	75.5	10	84.1	21	67	4	20.14	4
2020	75.8	7	84.9	13	66.7	5	17.04	10
2019	74.6	24	84.2	19	65	20	16.23	17
2018	75.5	10	84.5	17	66.5	7	14.12	25
2017	73.4	33	82.7	31	64.2	31	14.90	20
2016	76.6	1	85.7	7	67.5	1	18.19	7
2015	73.9	27	82.8	29	65.1	18	21.31	3
2014	73.5	31	82.5	32	64.4	28	17.44	8
2013	72.8	37	81.4	39	64.2	31	23.02	1
2012	74.7	23	85	12	64.4	28	14.05	26
2011	75.1	16	84.2	19	66	12	14.58	22
2010	76.4	4	85.6	8	67.2	3	12.45	30
2009	71.9	44	80.3	44	63.5	43	16.98	11
2008	73.5	31	83.3	27	63.8	38	11.23	38
2007	75.9	6	86.1	4	65.7	15	8.84	44
2006	75.4	13	84.8	15	65.9	13	10.80	40
2005	76.6	1	85.8	6	67.5	1	10.78	41
2004	71.6	45	80.2	45	62.9	45	15.59	19
2003	72.2	42	80.8	42	63.7	42	16.61	14
2002	75.2	15	84.1	21	66.4	8	12.20	35
2001	72.8	37	81.4	39	64.2	31	13.03	29
2000	72.8	37	81.4	39	64.2	31	16.87	12
1999	74.9	19	84.7	16	65.2	16	11.99	36
1998	73.6	29	82.2	35	65	20	13.22	28
1997	72.3	41	80.8	42	63.8	38	15.93	18
1996	72.7	40	81.5	38	63.8	38	12.32	32
1995	76.6	1	87.3	2	65.8	14	8.06	45
1994	74	25	83.9	23	64.1	35	14.70	21
1993	75.5	10	86.4	3	64.6	24	17.22	9
1992	72	43	81.6	37	62.4	46	13.95	27
1991	75	17	85.2	10	64.7	22	14.43	23
1990	73.6	29	83.4	25	63.8	38	12.41	31
1989	73.2	35	82.5	32	63.9	37	14.39	24
1988	76.1	5	87.8	1	64.5	27	10.08	42
1987	74.9	19	85.2	10	64.7	22	12.23	33
1986	75.3	14	86.1	4	64.6	24	7.37	46
1985	71.6	45	79.9	46	63.3	44	19.17	5
1984	73.9	27	83.2	28	64.6	24	11.38	37
1983	74.8	21	84.5	17	65.2	16	9.15	43
1982	73	36	81.9	36	64.1	35	16.39	16
1981	74	25	82.8	29	65.1	18	10.96	39

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	76.6
2005	76.6
1995	76.6
2010	76.4
1988	76.1
2007	75.9
2024	75.8
2022	75.8
2020	75.8
2021	75.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2004	71.6
1985	71.6
2009	71.9
1992	72
2003	72.2
1997	72.3
1996	72.7
2013	72.8
2001	72.8
2000	72.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	23.02
2022	21.94
2015	21.31
2021	20.14
1985	19.17
2026	18.72
2016	18.19
2014	17.44
1993	17.22
2020	17.04

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	7.37
1995	8.06
2007	8.84
1983	9.15
1988	10.08
2005	10.78
2006	10.80
1981	10.96
2008	11.23
1984	11.38

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 3 July 2026, 2 July 2026
Coldest night: 54°F; 16 June 2026
Wettest day: 3.51 in; 18 June 2026

Every month, season and year

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Every answer in words

Summer 2026 brought 18.72 in of precipitation in Jackson, KY, the wettest summer since 2022, 6th wettest of 46.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Jackson, KY: 91°F on Friday 3 July 2026 and Thursday 2 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Jackson, KY: a low of 54°F on Tuesday 16 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Jackson, KY: 3.51 in on Thursday 18 June 2026.