Paducah, KY: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 39.5°F in Paducah, KY, the warmest December since 2024, tied 34th warmest of 87 (with 1952).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 39.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 34th warmest of 87
Precipitation: 1.26 in; Driest since 1976; 5th driest of 87

A normal December in Paducah, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.5°F, between 35.5°F and 42.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.78 in of precipitation, between 2.09 in and 7.38 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Paducah, KY since 1937: 39.5°F in 2025; the highest is 50.1°F, in 2021.

Normal range, 35.5 to 42.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Paducah, KY from 1937 to 2025, 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
2025	39.5	34	48.1	38	30.9	34	1.26	83	0
2024	43.6	9	52	14	35.2	8	7.25	12	0
2023	44	8	53.7	5	34.3	10	2.17	71	0
2022	38.9	39	47.2	45	30.5	37	4.48	33	0
2021	50.1	1	61	1	39.3	2	4.65	30	0
2020	40.1	29	49.6	28	30.5	37	2.56	63	0
2019	42.9	12	53.5	6	32.2	23	2.11	73	0
2018	42	16	50.4	26	33.7	14	5.59	22	0
2017	37.3	54	46.9	49	27.7	63	3.27	52	0
2016	38.1	47	47.1	47	29.1	50	6.01	19	0
2015	48.9	2	57.8	2	39.9	1	7.42	8	0
2014	40.7	25	47.1	47	34.3	10	2.89	59	0
2013	37.1	56	46.4	53	27.9	60	8.14	7	0
2012	44.3	7	52.8	8	35.8	7	3.91	42	0
2011	41.7	21	51.1	18	32.4	22	7.29	11	0
2010	32	80	39.7	84	24.4	76	2.22	69	0
2009	35.6	69	43.5	73	27.8	61	4.42	35	0
2008	37.3	54	47.2	45	27.4	67	5.76	21	0
2007	39.6	33	48	42	31.4	32	7.37	9	2
2006	42.8	13	51.9	15	33.6	15	4.47	34	0
2005	34.4	74	42.9	76	25.9	73	1.46	81	0
2004	35.8	68	45.9	59	25.7	75	3.32	51	0
2003	39.4	36	48.1	38	30.7	36	2.20	70	0
2002	38.1	47	46	58	30.3	40	7.07	14	0
2001	41.8	20	50.5	24	33	17	8.68	6	0
2000	25.9	87	33.7	89	18.1	87	2.84	60	0
1999	40.4	27	50.4	26	30.4	39	4.04	39	0
1998	40.6	26	49.5	29	31.7	29	3.71	46	0
1997	37	59	44.8	66	29.2	47	2.46	65	0
1996	40.2	28	48.2	37	32.1	25	4.90	29	0
1995	36.5	61	44.9	64	28.2	59	1.89	74	0
1994	42.5	14	50.8	19	34.1	13	3.72	44	0
1993	38.5	44	46.1	57	30.9	34	3.57	49	0
1992	38.7	42	47.5	43	29.9	44	1.79	76	0
1991	41.9	18	50.6	22	33.1	16	3.84	43	0
1990	39.9	32	50.6	22	29.1	50	9.59	4	0
1989	27.1	86	37.4	86	16.8	88	1.78	77	0
1988	38.2	45	49.2	31	27.1	68	3.05	58	0
1987	41.1	23	50.7	20	31.5	31	9.19	5	0
1986	36.9	60	45	63	28.7	54	3.11	55	0
1985	31.3	83	41.3	81	21.3	84	1.34	82	0
1984	45.1	4	54.3	3	36	6	9.99	2	0
1983	27.2	85	34.4	88	20	85	5.84	20	0
1982	44.7	5	52.5	9	36.8	4	11.53	1	0
1981	36	66	44.9	64	27.1	68	2.41	67	0
1980	38.8	40	48.3	36	29.2	47	1.51	80	0
1979	40.1	29	48.6	35	31.6	30	4.19	38	0
1978	37.9	50	46.9	49	28.8	53	9.67	3	0
1977	36	66	44.3	70	27.6	65	3.59	47	0
1976	34.3	75	45.5	61	23.1	81	0.63	87	0
1975	39.2	38	46.4	53	32.1	25	3.27	52	0
1974	38.2	45	46.4	53	30.1	42	3.23	54	0
1973	36.4	62	44.4	69	28.4	57	5.20	24	0
1972	36.4	62	43.6	72	29.2	47	5.05	26	0
1971	45.4	3	53.8	4	37	3	4.32	36	0
1970	41.3	22	50.5	24	32	27	4.00	40	0
1969	34.6	71	41.8	78	27.5	66	4.29	37	0
1968	36.2	65	44.5	68	27.8	61	6.06	16	0
1967	38.8	40	48.1	38	29.6	45	6.26	15	0
1966	37.1	56	45.6	60	28.5	56	4.96	28	0
1965	43.4	10	52.4	10	34.4	9	2.15	72	0
1964	38.6	43	46.9	49	30.3	40	6.05	18	0
1963	27.4	84	36.6	87	18.3	86	1.24	84	0
1962	33.2	76	43.2	75	23.2	80	2.44	66	0
1961	37.1	56	45.1	62	29.1	50	4.49	32	0
1960	31.8	81	40.9	83	22.6	82	5.51	23	0
1959	40.8	24	48.8	33	32.7	19	3.98	41	0
1958	32.4	77	41.6	80	23.3	79	0.87	85	0
1957	43.2	11	52.2	12	34.3	10	7.19	13	0
1956	44.5	6	52.2	12	36.8	4	3.09	56	0
1955	35.6	69	44.7	67	26.5	71	0.87	85	0
1954	38.1	47	46.3	56	30	43	7.30	10	0
1953	37.8	52	47.3	44	28.3	58	2.72	62	0
1952	39.5	34	46.8	52	32.2	23	4.57	31	0
1951	40	31	48.7	34	31.4	32	6.06	16	0
1950	32.1	79	41.7	79	22.5	83	1.63	79	0
1949	42.1	15	52.3	11	31.9	28	5.09	25	0
1948			50.7	20			5.04	27	31
1947	37.8	52	49.2	31	26.5	71	1.82	75	0
1946			53.3	7	32.6	20	3.39	50	5
1945	32.4	77	41	82	23.7	78	2.39	68	0
1944	31.7	82	39.2	85	24.2	77	3.58	48	0
1943	34.6	71	43.4	74	25.9	73	2.47	64	0
1942	36.3	64	44	71	28.7	54			0
1941	41.9	18	51.2	16	32.6	20			0
1940	42	16	51.2	16	32.8	18	3.72	44	0
1939	39.4	36	49.4	30	29.5	46	2.76	61	0
1938	37.9	50	48.1	38	27.7	63	1.75	78	0
1937	34.5	73	42.2	77	26.9	70	3.09	56	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	50.1
2015	48.9
1971	45.4
1984	45.1
1982	44.7
1956	44.5
2012	44.3
2023	44
2024	43.6
1965	43.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2000	25.9
1989	27.1
1983	27.2
1963	27.4
1985	31.3
1944	31.7
1960	31.8
2010	32
1950	32.1
1958	32.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1982	11.53
1984	9.99
1978	9.67
1990	9.59
1987	9.19
2001	8.68
2013	8.14
2015	7.42
2007	7.37
1954	7.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.63
1958	0.87
1955	0.87
1963	1.24
2025	1.26
1985	1.34
2005	1.46
1980	1.51
1950	1.63
1938	1.75

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 24 December 2025
Coldest night: 10°F; 15 December 2025, 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.77 in; 18 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 1.26 in of precipitation in Paducah, KY, the driest December since 1976, 5th driest of 87.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Paducah, KY: 73°F on Wednesday 24 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Paducah, KY: a low of 10°F on Monday 15 December 2025 and Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Paducah, KY: 0.77 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.