Paducah, KY: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 31.8°F in Paducah, KY, the coldest January since 2018, tied 21st coldest of 86 (with 1981).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 31.8°F; Coldest since 2018; 21st coldest of 86
Precipitation: 1.68 in; Driest since 2011; 15th driest of 89

A normal January in Paducah, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.5°F, between 30°F and 40.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.66 in of precipitation, between 1.94 in and 6.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Paducah, KY since 1938: 31.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 18.7°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 30 to 40.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	31.8	65	41.6	54	22	69	1.68	75	0
2025	32.6	57	41.2	61	24.1	55	4.18	34	0
2024	33.9	49	41.3	58	26.5	41	9.43	4	0
2023	43.5	4	52	4	35.1	1	7.61	7	0
2022	32.9	53	43.4	44	22.4	67	5.33	23	0
2021	38.3	17	45.5	30	31.1	14	4.98	25	0
2020	40.3	10	47.9	15	32.7	8	5.65	19	0
2019	36.6	30	43.9	41	29.4	22	4.78	28	0
2018	31.3	70	40.9	64	21.6	71	4.00	37	0
2017	42.4	5	50.2	6	34.6	3	2.50	65	0
2016	34.8	42	44.2	39	25.4	47	2.55	64	0
2015	34.1	48	43.5	43	24.7	50	2.56	63	0
2014	30	72	40.9	64	19.1	78	2.03	71	0
2013	37.4	23	46.6	21	28.2	30	8.05	6	0
2012	40.1	12	50.1	7	30.1	18	3.55	47	0
2011	31.5	69	40	72	22.9	64	1.14	82	0
2010	29.8	73	38.5	75	21.2	72	3.30	51	0
2009	32.4	58	41.7	53	23	63	4.06	35	0
2008	34.3	44	43.6	42	25	49	3.16	54	0
2007	37.4	23	45.7	29	29.1	24	6.43	10	0
2006	44.1	1	54.3	1	33.8	5	6.28	13	0
2005	40.2	11	47.2	19	33.2	6	4.60	30	0
2004	34.2	45	42.9	48	25.6	44	3.06	55	0
2003	29	76	37.7	79	20.2	77	1.15	81	0
2002	39.6	14	49	11	30.2	17	5.84	16	0
2001	32.3	59	41.3	58	23.3	61	1.04	83	0
2000	36.2	34	45.2	32	27.3	33	6.36	12	0
1999	37.6	21	46.3	25	29	26	6.43	10	0
1998	40.5	9	48.1	14	32.8	7	3.06	55	0
1997	31.9	64	40	72	23.7	58	2.62	61	0
1996	32.7	55	41.3	58	24.2	54	3.38	50	0
1995	37	28	44.9	34	29.1	24	4.20	33	0
1994	29	76	37.1	81	21	73	4.06	35	0
1993	38.3	17	46.6	21	30	19	3.79	41	0
1992	38	20	46.7	20	29.4	22	2.13	69	0
1991	34.2	45	41.5	56	26.8	37	3.77	43	0
1990	43.8	3	53.6	2	33.9	4	5.38	22	0
1989	41.4	6	51.2	5	31.6	12	5.31	24	0
1988	32.1	62	40.2	70	24.1	55	3.50	49	0
1987	33.5	50	42.5	50	24.4	52	0.99	85	0
1986	35.5	37	46.5	23	24.4	52	1.44	76	0
1985	23.9	83	32.4	84	15.4	84	1.82	72	0
1984	29.2	74	37.8	77	20.5	76	1.21	78	0
1983	34.2	45	41.5	56	26.8	37	2.63	60	0
1982	28.8	78	39.1	74	18.5	79	8.28	5	0
1981	31.8	65	41.6	54	22	69	1.16	79	0
1980	35.9	36	43.1	46	28.6	28	2.11	70	0
1979	24.2	82	31.7	85	16.7	82	3.25	52	0
1978	23.8	84	32.5	83	15.1	85	4.28	31	0
1977	19.8	85	29.1	86	10.4	86	1.37	77	0
1976	32.7	55	42	52	23.3	61	3.53	48	0
1975	38.8	16	48.2	13	29.5	21	3.80	40	0
1974	38.3	17	44.4	38	32.3	10	3.88	39	0
1973	35.4	39	43.4	44	27.5	31	4.21	32	0
1972	35.5	37	45.1	33	26	43	2.47	67	0
1971	32.3	59	41.2	61	23.5	59	3.63	45	0
1970	27.2	80	37.8	77	16.7	82	0.99	85	0
1969	34.6	43	42.6	49	26.6	40	10.03	3	0
1968	31.7	67	40.6	68	22.9	64	2.14	68	0
1967	38.9	15	48.7	12	29	26	1.81	73	0
1966	29.1	75	37.3	80	20.9	74	5.59	21	0
1965	36.6	30	46.4	24	26.8	37	3.59	46	0
1964	36.5	32	47.5	18	25.5	45	1.04	83	0
1963	26.9	81	36.8	82	17	81	0.60	88	0
1962	31.7	67	41.1	63	22.4	67	6.17	15	0
1961	30.7	71	40.7	67	20.6	75	1.77	74	0
1960	37.3	26	44	40	30.5	16	2.74	58	0
1959	33	52	43	47	22.9	64	5.72	17	0
1958	33.2	51	40.8	66	25.5	45	3.67	44	0
1957	32.1	62	40.4	69	23.9	57	5.64	20	0
1956	32.8	54	42.2	51	23.5	59	2.61	62	0
1955	36.1	35	44.7	36	27.5	31	0.71	87	0
1954	35.4	39	44.5	37	26.3	42	3.94	38	0
1953	40	13	47.6	17	32.5	9	4.65	29	0
1952	40.6	8	49.2	10	32.1	11	6.52	9	0
1951	36.5	32	45.8	27	27.2	35	7.58	8	0
1950	44	2	53.3	3	34.8	2	14.13	1	0
1949			49.4	9			11.08	2	31
1948	28.3	79	38.4	76	18	80	2.99	57	3
1947					30.9	15	4.92	26	4
1946	37.1	27	45.8	27	28.4	29	4.86	27	0
1945	32.3	59	40.1	71	24.5	51	3.20	53	0
1944	37.4	23	47.8	16	27.1	36	1.16	79	0
1943	34.9	41	44.8	35	25.3	48	0.47	89	1
1942							5.70	18	31
1941	37.5	22	45.3	31	29.7	20	2.50	65	0
1940	18.7	86	28	87	9.5	87	2.74	58	1
1939	40.8	7	49.9	8	31.4	13	6.26	14	1
1938	36.7	29	46.2	26	27.3	33	3.78	42	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	44.1
1950	44
1990	43.8
2023	43.5
2017	42.4
1989	41.4
1939	40.8
1952	40.6
1998	40.5
2020	40.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	18.7
1977	19.8
1978	23.8
1985	23.9
1979	24.2
1963	26.9
1970	27.2
1948	28.3
1982	28.8
2003	29
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	14.13
1949	11.08
1969	10.03
2024	9.43
1982	8.28
2013	8.05
2023	7.61
1951	7.58
1952	6.52
2007	6.43
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	0.47
1963	0.60
1955	0.71
1987	0.99
1970	0.99
2001	1.04
1964	1.04
2011	1.14
2003	1.15
1981	1.16
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 70°F; 8 January 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.68 in; 24 January 2026

Every month, season and year

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Paducah, KY the day's answers

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 1.68 in of precipitation in Paducah, KY, the driest January since 2011, 15th driest of 89.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Paducah, KY: 70°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Paducah, KY: a low of 4°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Paducah, KY: 0.68 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.