Paducah, KY: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 77.9°F in Paducah, KY, the warmest summer since 2025, tied 32nd warmest of 87 (with 2015, 1973 and 1940).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 77.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 32nd warmest of 87
Precipitation: 22.40 in; Wettest since 1958; 2nd wettest of 86

A normal summer in Paducah, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.8°F, between 75.7°F and 79.8°F in eight years of ten and 11.80 in of precipitation, between 7.06 in and 16.65 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Paducah, KY since 1938: 77.9°F in 2026; the highest is 81°F, in 2010, 1954 and 1952.

Normal range, 75.7 to 79.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	77.9	32	87.6	51	68.3	18	22.40	2	0
2025	78.4	26	88.3	35	68.5	12	13.33	29	0
2024	78.3	28	88.8	28	67.7	28	13.53	27	0
2023	77.5	43	88.4	33	66.7	44	18.90	6	1
2022	79.1	16	90.1	18	68.2	20	7.39	73	0
2021	78.4	26	87.8	44	69	5	12.24	35	0
2020	78.1	30	88.6	30	67.7	28	12.52	34	0
2019	77.8	36	88	39	67.7	28	17.27	9	0
2018	79.4	12	89.8	21	68.9	8	8.88	62	0
2017	77.2	49	87.7	50	66.7	44	10.78	48	0
2016	79.8	7	89.5	24	70	1	19.47	4	0
2015	77.9	32	87.6	51	68.2	20	14.81	19	0
2014	77.7	38	87.9	42	67.6	33	16.58	10	0
2013	75.7	76	85.5	79	65.8	68	15.30	14	0
2012	79.8	7	93.3	1	66.3	54	5.43	83	0
2011	79.3	13	89.8	21	68.7	10	12.04	37	0
2010	81	1	92.1	7	70	1	7.29	75	0
2009	76	71	86	74	66	63	15.17	16	0
2008	77.3	47	88.1	37	66.4	52	10.66	49	0
2007	78.8	21	90.9	12	66.7	44	8.50	64	0
2006	77.5	43	88.1	37	66.9	40	15.29	15	0
2005	78.1	30	88.4	33	67.8	25	13.95	23	0
2004	74.2	85	84.5	84	63.9	87	7.49	72	0
2003	75.7	76	86.3	69	65.2	77	11.56	41	0
2002	79.6	10	90.7	14	68.5	12	4.71	84	0
2001	76.9	57	87.3	58	66.5	50	13.67	26	0
2000	76.8	59	87.5	55	66.2	59	10.42	50	0
1999	77.8	36	89.5	24	66.2	59	9.79	53	0
1998	77.4	45	86.7	62	68	22	22.17	3	0
1997	75.6	80	85.3	82	65.8	68	12.23	36	0
1996	75.9	72	85.9	77	65.9	65	14.03	22	0
1995	78.5	24	89.2	26	67.8	25	10.98	45	0
1994	77.1	52	88	39	66.1	61	6.47	80	0
1993	79.8	7	91.3	10	68.4	17	8.96	61	0
1992	75.7	76	86.5	65	65	82	13.94	24	0
1991	79.1	16	90.6	15	67.5	34	7.12	76	0
1990	77	55	89	27	65	82	7.51	71	0
1989	76.5	62	86.6	64	66.5	50	18.07	7	0
1988	79	20	92.6	4	65.4	74	4.54	85	0
1987	79.1	16	91.2	11	67.1	36	7.92	67	0
1986	77.6	40	88.5	31	66.7	44	12.90	32	0
1985	75.5	81	85.2	83	65.7	71	11.59	40	0
1984	77.3	47	87.6	51	67.1	36	10.98	45	0
1983	79.5	11	90.5	16	68.5	12	11.16	44	0
1982	75.8	75	86.1	71	65.5	73	13.07	30	0
1981	77.6	40	86.8	61	68.5	12	15.44	13	0
1980	80.9	4	92.1	7	69.7	4	9.07	58	0
1979	76.7	60	85.7	78	67.7	28	17.37	8	0
1978	78.2	29	88.5	31	67.9	24	11.70	39	0
1977	78.5	24	88	39	69	5	14.93	17	0
1976	75.3	83	85.4	81	65.2	77	12.96	31	0
1975	77	55	86.2	70	67.7	28	15.58	12	0
1974	75.5	81	85.5	79	65.4	74	9.94	52	0
1973	77.9	32	87.8	44	68	22	9.14	57	0
1972	75.7	76	86	74	65.3	76	14.90	18	0
1971	76.3	67	86.1	71	66.4	52	13.82	25	0
1970	75.9	72	86	74	65.9	65	7.78	68	0
1969	77.1	52	87.8	44	66.3	54	9.76	54	0
1968	77.2	49	87.6	51	66.9	40	8.70	63	0
1967	73.3	87	83.3	87	63.3	88	11.22	42	0
1966	76.5	62	87.8	44	65.2	77	6.58	79	0
1965	76.5	62	87.1	60	65.9	65	15.99	11	0
1964	77.6	40	88.3	35	66.8	43	7.96	66	0
1963	75.9	72	86.7	62	65.1	81	10.81	47	0
1962	76.2	69	87.3	58	65	82	11.75	38	0
1961	74.5	84	84.4	85	64.6	85	14.27	21	0
1960	76.1	70	86.5	65	65.7	71	12.85	33	0
1959	76.4	65	86.5	65	66.3	54	10.14	51	0
1958	76.3	67	86.1	71	66.6	49	22.45	1	0
1957	76.4	65	86.4	68	66.3	54	9.56	56	0
1956	77.2	49	87.5	55	66.9	40	7.77	69	0
1955	77.1	52	87.5	55	66.7	44	9.63	55	0
1954	81	1	92.2	6	69.9	3	6.99	77	0
1953	79.9	6	91.5	9	68.3	18	7.38	74	0
1952	81	1	93.1	2	69	5	6.11	82	0
1951	77.4	45	87.8	44	67	39	13.51	28	0
1950	74	86	83.9	86	64.2	86	19.01	5	0
1949									51
1948	77.7	38	89.8	21	65.8	68			9
1947	78.6	23	90.9	12	66.3	54	6.75	78	1
1946	76.9	57	87.8	44	66	63	9.01	60	0
1945	76.6	61	87.9	42	65.2	77			0
1944	79.3	13	92.5	5	66.1	61	4.48	86	1
1943	80.8	5	92.8	3	68.7	10	6.32	81	0
1942	78.8	21	90.1	18	67.5	34	11.22	42	1
1941					68.9	8	9.04	59	30
1940	77.9	32	88.8	28	67.1	36	8.50	64	0
1939	79.1	16	90.4	17	67.8	25	7.67	70	0
1938	79.3	13	90.1	18	68.5	12	14.43	20	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	81
1954	81
1952	81
1980	80.9
1943	80.8
1953	79.9
2016	79.8
2012	79.8
1993	79.8
2002	79.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	73.3
1950	74
2004	74.2
1961	74.5
1976	75.3
1985	75.5
1974	75.5
1997	75.6
2013	75.7
2003	75.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	22.45
2026	22.40
1998	22.17
2016	19.47
1950	19.01
2023	18.90
1989	18.07
1979	17.37
2019	17.27
2014	16.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	4.48
1988	4.54
2002	4.71
2012	5.43
1952	6.11
1943	6.32
1994	6.47
1966	6.58
1947	6.75
1954	6.99

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 16 August 2026
Coldest night: 52°F; 3 June 2026
Wettest day: 2.35 in; 20 August 2026

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Every answer in words

Summer 2026 brought 22.40 in of precipitation in Paducah, KY, the wettest summer since 1958, 2nd wettest of 86.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Paducah, KY: 98°F on Sunday 16 August 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Paducah, KY: a low of 52°F on Wednesday 3 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Paducah, KY: 2.35 in on Thursday 20 August 2026.