Jackson, KY: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 36.5°F in Jackson, KY, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 16th coldest of 45 (with 1987).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 36.5°F; Coldest since 2015; 16th coldest of 45
Precipitation: 9.39 in; Driest since 2015; 10th driest of 45

A normal winter in Jackson, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.1°F, between 33.8°F and 41.4°F in eight years of ten and 13.07 in of precipitation, between 8.72 in and 17.01 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Jackson, KY since 1982: 36.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 32.1°F, in 2010.

Normal range, 33.8 to 41.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	Days missing
2026	36.5	29	44.7	31	28.3	30	9.39	36	0
2025	37.2	27	45.7	27	28.7	29	17.46	4	0
2024	42	4	50.3	6	33.7	5	12.83	23	0
2023	44.1	1	52.3	1	35.9	1	13.09	21	0
2022	41.5	6	50.9	3	32.1	12	16.03	7	0
2021	37	28	44	33	30.1	22	16.55	6	0
2020	42.8	3	50.9	3	34.8	2	16.79	5	0
2019	40.3	13	48.2	14	32.4	10	20.60	1	0
2018	38.4	22	47.3	19	29.6	24	13.20	19	0
2017	42.9	2	51.5	2	34.3	3	13.73	17	0
2016	41.1	8	49.4	10	32.8	6	14.20	14	0
2015	33.9	42	42.2	42	25.7	41	8.67	41	0
2014	34.6	38	43.7	35	25.4	44	14.71	10	0
2013	39.6	17	47.5	18	31.6	14	14.03	15	0
2012	41.6	5	50.5	5	32.8	6	12.94	22	0
2011	33.1	44	40.6	43	25.5	43	9.66	34	0
2010	32.1	45	38.8	45	25.4	44	13.34	18	0
2009	36.3	31	45.4	28	27.1	34	14.39	11	0
2008	38.7	21	47.2	21	30.3	20	11.05	28	0
2007	37.8	25	46.5	24	29.2	27	6.06	45	0
2006	39.7	16	48.2	14	31.3	16	10.60	29	0
2005	40.5	11	48.4	13	32.6	8	11.42	25	0
2004	36.2	33	44.8	30	27.6	31	11.78	24	0
2003	33.2	43	39.8	44	26.5	37	14.26	13	0
2002	41.1	8	49.8	8	32.4	10	7.88	42	0
2001	34.6	38	42.9	38	26.3	39	10.57	30	0
2000	39.4	18	48.2	14	30.7	19	8.72	40	0
1999	41.4	7	49.9	7	32.6	8	14.75	9	2
1998	40.5	11	47.1	22	34	4	10.42	33	0
1997	39.9	15	48.6	12	31.2	17	9.22	37	0
1996	34.7	36	42.6	41	26.8	35	11.10	27	0
1995	37.9	24	46.1	26	29.7	23	13.85	16	0
1994	34.7	36	43	37	26.4	38	18.98	3	0
1993	37.8	25	46.2	25	29.4	25	10.51	32	0
1992	40.8	10	49.8	8	31.8	13	14.34	12	0
1991	40	14	48.8	11	31.2	17	20.59	2	0
1990	38.3	23	47.3	19	29.4	25	11.23	26	0
1989	39.2	20	48.1	17	30.3	20	15.12	8	0
1988	36.3	31	45.4	28	27.3	32	10.57	30	0
1987	36.5	29	44	33	29	28	9.22	37	0
1986	35.6	34	44.3	32	26.8	35	9.02	39	0
1985	35	35	42.7	40	27.2	33	9.60	35	0
1984	34.6	38	42.9	38	26.2	40	6.95	44	0
1983	39.3	19	46.9	23	31.6	14	7.47	43	0
1982	34.3	41	43.1	36	25.6	42	13.14	20	0
1981									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	44.1
2017	42.9
2020	42.8
2024	42
2012	41.6
2022	41.5
1999	41.4
2016	41.1
2002	41.1
1992	40.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	32.1
2011	33.1
2003	33.2
2015	33.9
1982	34.3
2014	34.6
2001	34.6
1984	34.6
1996	34.7
1994	34.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	20.60
1991	20.59
1994	18.98
2025	17.46
2020	16.79
2021	16.55
2022	16.03
1989	15.12
1999	14.75
2014	14.71

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	6.06
1984	6.95
1983	7.47
2002	7.88
2015	8.67
2000	8.72
1986	9.02
1997	9.22
1987	9.22
2026	9.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 3°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.57 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 9.39 in of precipitation in Jackson, KY, the driest winter since 2015, 10th driest of 45.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Jackson, KY: 72°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Jackson, KY: a low of 3°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Jackson, KY: 2.57 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.