Paducah, KY: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 64.3°F in Paducah, KY, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, 5th warmest of 86.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 64.3°F; Warmest since 2024; 5th warmest of 86
Precipitation: 41.93 in; Wettest since 2025; 31st wettest of 89

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Paducah, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 61.7°F, between 60.2°F and 63.3°F in eight years of ten and 39.09 in of precipitation, between 28.68 in and 49.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Paducah, KY since 1938: 64.3°F in 2026; the highest is 64.8°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 60.2 to 63.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Paducah, KY from 1938 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	64.3	5	74.9	5	53.7	4	41.93	31	0
2025	62.9	16	73.4	23	52.4	14	47.01	12	0
2024	64.5	3	75.2	2	53.8	3	45.42	14	0
2023	63.8	6	74.8	7	52.9	7	50.06	7	1
2022	62.3	27	73.6	19	50.9	40	36.72	46	0
2021	62.1	29	72	38	52.2	17	40.95	36	0
2020	62.4	25	72.5	35	52.3	15	44.40	21	0
2019	63	14	73.5	21	52.5	13	56.72	3	0
2018	63.3	10	73.5	21	53	6	44.86	17	0
2017	64.4	4	74.9	5	53.9	1	37.23	45	0
2016	63.3	10	73.8	16	52.7	10	43.50	25	0
2015	60.7	55	71.1	55	50.4	51	41.43	32	0
2014	60.4	62	71.2	53	49.6	68	39.25	41	0
2013	60.4	62	70.4	67	50.3	54	48.41	11	0
2012	64.8	1	76.8	1	52.8	8	21.80	87	0
2011	61.6	34	71.8	41	51.4	27	56.10	4	0
2010	62.1	29	72.8	30	51.4	27	28.74	80	0
2009	61.2	42	71.1	55	51.3	31	44.86	17	0
2008	60.7	55	71.4	48	49.9	63	43.12	27	0
2007	63.3	10	74.6	8	52	20	28.16	83	0
2006	62.3	27	73.2	25	51.4	27	51.76	6	0
2005	62.4	25	72.9	28	52	20	33.82	60	0
2004	60.8	50	71.4	48	50.2	56	25.50	85	0
2003	59.2	76	69.5	75	48.9	78	38.55	44	0
2002	62.8	18	73.7	17	51.8	23	42.13	29	0
2001	60.9	49	71.5	46	50.2	56	34.47	57	0
2000	61.7	33	72.6	34	50.9	40	40.70	37	0
1999	61.6	34	73.2	25	50.1	58	36.13	51	0
1998	63.1	13	72.9	28	53.4	5	48.91	10	0
1997	59.8	71	70	70	49.6	68	43.03	28	0
1996	59	79	69.2	79	48.9	78	38.93	42	0
1995	61.9	31	72.7	32	51.1	37	32.17	66	0
1994	60.2	66	71.4	48	49	74	29.07	79	0
1993	61.5	39	72.3	37	50.8	43	34.83	54	0
1992	61.6	34	72.7	32	50.6	46	32.09	67	0
1991	63.5	9	74.2	12	52.7	10	30.20	73	0
1990	62.9	16	74	14	51.7	24	43.92	23	0
1989	60.5	61	70.9	58	50.1	58	49.60	8	0
1988	60.7	55	73	27	48.4	85	28.34	81	0
1987	62.5	22	74.5	10	50.5	49	21.34	88	0
1986	62.6	21	73.7	17	51.5	25	36.31	50	0
1985	59	79	69	83	49	74	40.99	35	0
1984	59.7	73	69.4	76	50	60	46.26	13	0
1983	61.2	42	71.3	52	51.1	37	44.36	22	0
1982	60	70	70.4	67	49.5	70	36.48	47	0
1981	60.8	50	70.9	58	50.6	46	38.83	43	0
1980	61.3	41	71.4	48	51.2	34	29.19	78	0
1979	58.4	86	67.7	86	49	74	52.58	5	0
1978	58.7	83	68.6	84	48.8	82	32.00	69	0
1977	61.6	34	71.7	42	51.5	25	41.99	30	0
1976	61	47	71.7	42	50.3	54	34.92	53	0
1975	60.4	62	69.7	73	51.2	34	43.27	26	0
1974	60.8	50	70.5	64	51.2	34	30.17	74	0
1973	61.8	32	71	57	52.6	12	44.75	20	1
1972	60.8	50	70.9	58	50.7	45	41.12	34	0
1971	59.6	74	69.9	71	49.3	71	34.46	58	0
1970	59.8	71	69.6	74	50	60	35.82	52	0
1969	60.3	65	70.5	64	50	60	33.21	62	0
1968	59.2	76	69.4	76	49	74	33.63	61	0
1967	60.1	69	70.4	67	49.7	67	31.09	71	0
1966	59	79	69.2	79	48.8	82	41.30	33	0
1965	60.6	59	70.7	62	50.4	51	45.23	15	0
1964	61.2	42	72	38	50.4	51	36.42	49	0
1963	59.4	75	70.6	63	48.2	86	24.86	86	0
1962	60.2	66	70.5	64	49.8	66	43.54	24	0
1961	59	79	69.1	81	48.9	78	45.00	16	0
1960	59.1	78	69.1	81	49.2	73	32.08	68	0
1959	61.2	42	71.6	45	50.8	43	32.51	64	0
1958	58.7	83	68.5	85	48.9	78	44.80	19	0
1957	61	47	70.8	61	51.3	31	39.71	40	0
1956	61.1	46	71.5	46	50.6	46	29.79	75	0
1955	62.5	22	72.8	30	52.1	18	32.26	65	0
1954	63.7	8	74.6	8	52.8	8	28.22	82	0
1953	63	14	73.9	15	52.1	18	29.67	76	0
1952	62.5	22	73.6	19	51.4	27	34.64	56	0
1951	60.6	59	71.2	53	49.9	63	40.02	39	0
1950	60.2	66	69.9	71	50.5	49	61.72	1	0
1949							49.02	9	202
1948	60.8	50	72	38	49.3	71	31.25	70	24
1947	60.7	55	72.4	36	48.8	82	32.72	63	6
1946	62.7	19	74.1	13	51.3	31	34.00	59	1
1945	61.4	40	71.7	42	51	39	57.42	2	3
1944	62.7	19	74.5	10	50.9	40	25.80	84	3
1943	61.6	34	73.3	24	49.9	63	29.32	77	1
1942							34.74	55	34
1941					52	20	21.29	89	39
1940	58.7	83	69.3	78	47.9	87	30.66	72	1
1939	63.8	6	75.1	4	52.3	15	40.60	38	4
1938	64.6	2	75.2	2	53.9	1	36.46	48	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	64.8
1938	64.6
2024	64.5
2017	64.4
2026	64.3
2023	63.8
1939	63.8
1954	63.7
1991	63.5
2018	63.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	58.4
1978	58.7
1958	58.7
1940	58.7
1996	59
1985	59
1966	59
1961	59
1960	59.1
2003	59.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	61.72
1945	57.42
2019	56.72
2011	56.10
1979	52.58
2006	51.76
2023	50.06
1989	49.60
1949	49.02
1998	48.91

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	21.29
1987	21.34
2012	21.80
1963	24.86
2004	25.50
1944	25.80
2007	28.16
1954	28.22
1988	28.34
2010	28.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 5 September 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 3.42 in; 2 October 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	31.8°F 21st coldest of 86	1.68 in 15th driest of 89
February	41.5°F 25th warmest of 88	0.33 in 2nd driest of 89
March	57.6°F 2nd warmest of 88	4.30 in 44th wettest of 88
April	66°F Warmest of 88	3.84 in 38th driest of 89
May	67.1°F 42nd coldest of 88	4.27 in 41st driest of 89
June	75.5°F 37th coldest of 87	7.67 in 10th wettest of 88
July	79.6°F 34th warmest of 88	8.69 in 6th wettest of 88
August	78.7°F 23rd warmest of 88	6.04 in 8th wettest of 88
September	78.4°F 2nd warmest of 89	1.69 in 24th driest of 89
October so far	68.5°F 13th warmest of 87	3.42 in 7th wettest of 89

Hot days and freezes

Paducah, KY has had 47 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 41st most of 86 (with 1962).
Paducah, KY has had 1 day at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2024, tied 23rd most of 86 (with 2024, 2023, 2016 and 8 other years).
Paducah, KY has had 46 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 71st most of 87 (with 1992).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Paducah, KY came on Tuesday 17 March 2026, the latest since 2025, 85th latest of 87.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
19 September	Warmest day	98°F	97°F 2022, 1954	Provisional
18 September	Warmest day	98°F	97°F 1953	Provisional
26 March	Warmest day	85°F	83°F 2020, 2007, 1991	Provisional
22 March	Warmest day	87°F	84°F 1938	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	85°F	80°F 2012, 1966, 1948	Provisional
28 February	Warmest day	76°F	74°F 2024	Provisional
8 January	Warmest day	70°F	67°F 2008, 1965	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 41.93 in of precipitation in Paducah, KY, the wettest 1 January to 9 October since 2025, 31st wettest of 89.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Paducah, KY: 100°F on Saturday 5 September 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Paducah, KY: a low of 4°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Paducah, KY: 3.42 in on Friday 2 October 2026.