Paducah, KY: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 78.7°F in Paducah, KY, the warmest August since 2021, tied 23rd warmest of 88 (with 1993 and 1945).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 78.7°F; Warmest since 2021; 23rd warmest of 88
Precipitation: 6.04 in; Wettest since 2023; 8th wettest of 88

A normal August in Paducah, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 78.1°F, between 75°F and 80.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.88 in of precipitation, between 1.14 in and 4.57 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Paducah, KY since 1938: 78.7°F in 2026; the highest is 84.2°F, in 1947.

Normal range, 75 to 80.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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	78.7	23	89	34	68.4	18	6.04	8	0
2025	76.1	66	87.9	50	64.3	74	1.38	73	0
2024	78.3	35	89.9	28	66.7	47	1.67	68	0
2023	77.5	48	87	62	68	23	7.23	5	0
2022	78.3	35	89.5	30	67.1	38	1.46	71	0
2021	78.8	22	88.6	41	68.9	13	2.25	56	0
2020	76.6	58	86.5	66	66.7	47	4.04	27	0
2019	78.5	27	89	34	68	23	4.40	19	0
2018	78.3	35	88.7	40	67.9	30	2.53	50	0
2017	75.1	74	86.2	68	64.1	76	1.96	59	0
2016	79.6	16	88.3	45	70.8	5	9.60	1	0
2015	75.2	73	86.5	66	63.9	77	1.95	60	0
2014	79.9	13	90.7	21	69.1	11	7.85	2	0
2013	76.2	63	85.9	72	66.6	52	3.71	34	0
2012	78.5	27	91.6	13	65.4	63	2.75	48	0
2011	77.9	41	89.1	32	66.7	47	1.46	71	0
2010	81.8	6	94.8	3	68.8	14	3.19	40	0
2009	75	76	85.3	77	64.7	68	3.73	33	0
2008	76	67	87.6	52	64.4	73	0.83	82	0
2007	83.6	2	97.1	1	70.1	8	1.17	77	0
2006	78.5	27	88.8	39	68.2	20	4.29	22	0
2005	80.1	12	90.8	18	69.4	10	6.07	7	0
2004	72.6	86	83.9	85	61.2	87	1.57	69	0
2003	78.1	38	88.9	36	67.2	37	3.61	36	0
2002	79.4	17	90.6	24	68.1	22	1.72	67	0
2001	78	40	88	48	68	23	4.21	23	0
2000	78.6	26	89.1	32	68	23	1.85	63	0
1999	76.4	61	90.8	18	61.9	86	0.54	85	0
1998	77	54	87.6	52	66.4	54	3.15	41	0
1997	75.1	74	85.1	80	65.2	65	2.86	46	0
1996	76.6	58	87.5	57	65.7	59	0.11	88	0
1995	80.7	11	91.2	14	70.3	7	3.51	37	0
1994	75	76	87.3	60	62.7	83	1.73	66	0
1993	78.7	23	90.5	25	66.8	45	2.89	45	0
1992	74	84	85.3	77	62.6	84	3.47	38	0
1991	78.4	31	91.2	14	65.6	61	2.42	52	0
1990	75.8	69	88	48	63.7	80	1.34	74	0
1989	77.7	44	88.4	44	67	40	1.80	64	0
1988	80.9	10	94.1	7	67.6	31	1.05	78	0
1987	79.8	15	92.6	9	66.9	43	1.31	76	0
1986	73.8	85	85.4	75	62.2	85	4.33	21	0
1985	74.8	79	83.9	85	65.6	61	5.89	9	0
1984	76.8	56	87.2	61	66.5	53	3.96	28	0
1983	82.7	4	94.5	4	70.8	5	0.44	87	0
1982	76	67	86.8	64	65.3	64	7.16	6	0
1981	76.7	57	86.1	70	67.3	36	2.46	51	0
1980	82.9	3	93.9	8	71.8	1	2.33	55	0
1979	76.5	60	85.5	74	67.5	32	5.03	11	0
1978	77.6	46	87.6	52	67.5	32	5.03	11	0
1977	77.8	42	86.9	63	68.7	15	7.24	4	0
1976	74.6	82	85.8	73	63.4	81	0.54	85	0
1975	77.2	51	85.4	75	69.1	11	4.87	15	0
1974	75.7	70	85.2	79	66.3	55	4.54	18	0
1973	77.5	48	88.1	47	66.9	43	1.52	70	0
1972	76.2	63	86.2	68	66.3	55	1.04	79	0
1971	74.9	78	84.8	82	65	66	5.30	10	0
1970	77.8	42	87.6	52	68	23	2.85	47	0
1969	75.7	70	87.6	52	63.9	77	2.15	57	0
1968	77.5	48	86.8	64	68.2	20	4.21	23	0
1967	71.1	88	81.8	87	60.5	88	1.78	65	0
1966	74.1	83	84	84	64.3	74	4.08	26	0
1965	77	54	89.2	31	64.9	67	3.41	39	0
1964	77.2	51	88.5	43	66	57	1.87	61	0
1963	75.4	72	86.1	70	64.6	70	3.68	35	0
1962	76.4	61	88.9	36	63.8	79	4.39	20	0
1961	74.8	79	84.8	82	64.7	68	4.58	17	0
1960	78.4	31	88.9	36	68	23	2.58	49	0
1959	78.1	38	87.5	57	68.7	15	3.81	30	0
1958	77.2	51	87.4	59	67	40	3.79	31	0
1957	76.2	63	87.8	51	64.6	70	0.83	82	0
1956	77.7	44	88.6	41	66.7	47	3.13	43	0
1955	79.4	17	90.7	21	68	23	0.88	80	0
1954	81.8	6	92.1	12	71.4	3	2.41	53	0
1953	78.4	31	90.8	18	66	57	1.87	61	0
1952	78.5	27	90.4	26	66.7	47	3.79	31	0
1951	78.9	20	90.9	17	67	40	3.15	41	0
1950	72.3	87	81.5	88	63.1	82	7.60	3	0
1949									21
1948	78.4	31	91.2	14	65.7	59	0.88	80	1
1947	84.2	1	96.6	2	71.8	1	1.33	75	1
1946	74.7	81	84.9	81	64.5	72	4.61	16	0
1945	78.7	23	89.9	28	67.5	32	5.03	11	0
1944	79.9	13	92.3	10	67.4	35	2.13	58	1
1943	81.5	9	94.5	4	68.5	17	0.83	82	0
1942	77.6	46	88.3	45	66.8	45	5.00	14	1
1941	82.1	5	94.3	6	69.9	9	3.92	29	0
1940	79.3	19	90.3	27	68.4	18	2.36	54	0
1939	78.9	20	90.7	21	67.1	38	3.01	44	0
1938	81.8	6	92.2	11	71.4	3	4.11	25	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1947	84.2
2007	83.6
1980	82.9
1983	82.7
1941	82.1
2010	81.8
1954	81.8
1938	81.8
1943	81.5
1988	80.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	71.1
1950	72.3
2004	72.6
1986	73.8
1992	74
1966	74.1
1976	74.6
1946	74.7
1985	74.8
1961	74.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	9.60
2014	7.85
1950	7.60
1977	7.24
2023	7.23
1982	7.16
2005	6.07
2026	6.04
1985	5.89
1971	5.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1996	0.11
1983	0.44
1999	0.54
1976	0.54
2008	0.83
1957	0.83
1943	0.83
1955	0.88
1948	0.88
1972	1.04

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 16 August 2026
Coldest night: 59°F; 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.35 in; 20 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 6.04 in of precipitation in Paducah, KY, the wettest August since 2023, 8th wettest of 88.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Paducah, KY: 98°F on Sunday 16 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Paducah, KY: a low of 59°F on Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Paducah, KY: 2.35 in on Thursday 20 August 2026.