Paducah, KY: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 37.5°F in Paducah, KY, the warmest winter since 2025, tied 42nd warmest of 87 (with 1965).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 37.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 42nd warmest of 87
Precipitation: 3.27 in; Driest on record; Driest of 87, provisional

A normal winter in Paducah, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.4°F, between 33.7°F and 41.6°F in eight years of ten and 12.24 in of precipitation, between 9.07 in and 15.85 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Paducah, KY since 1938: 37.5°F in 2026; the highest is 43.1°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 33.7 to 41.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	37.5	42	47.4	32	27.6	54	3.27	87	0
2025	38.6	27	47.4	32	29.8	28	17.99	6	0
2024	42.1	4	51.9	4	32.3	8	12.09	39	0
2023	43.1	1	52.2	1	33.9	1	15.54	19	0
2022	40.6	10	51.3	5	29.8	28	17.17	11	0
2021	36.7	53	45	59	28.4	40	11.24	48	0
2020	41.3	8	50.4	10	32.1	10	14.74	25	0
2019	40.5	12	48.7	18	32.3	8	20.79	4	0
2018	37.4	44	47	38	27.8	50	15.82	15	0
2017	42.8	2	52	2	33.6	2	10.84	54	0
2016	41.6	6	50.7	9	32.4	5	12.88	33	0
2015	34.4	68	42.9	73	25.9	65	10.18	63	0
2014	33.1	78	43	72	23.2	81	13.32	28	0
2013	40.1	17	49	16	31.3	14	15.66	16	0
2012	41.6	6	51.2	6	31.9	12	13.03	31	0
2011	34.1	71	42.7	75	25.5	69	9.15	68	0
2010	32.7	80	41	82	24.4	74	9.12	69	0
2009	36.9	50	46.6	44	27.1	57	12.39	37	0
2008	37.2	45	45.9	52	28.5	39	15.66	16	2
2007	38.2	34	47.1	37	29.3	32	13.71	27	0
2006	38.5	29	48.1	26	28.9	35	10.46	56	0
2005	39.7	20	48.4	22	31	17	10.47	55	0
2004	37.1	46	46.3	46	27.9	48	6.88	80	0
2003	33.8	73	41.7	78	25.8	67	14.82	23	0
2002	40.3	15	49.9	12	30.8	18	16.14	14	0
2001	33.1	78	41.7	78	24.4	74	9.32	66	0
2000	40.3	15	50.1	11	30.5	21	15.51	20	0
1999	40.6	10	49.8	13	31.3	14	12.08	40	0
1998	40.4	13	48.3	23	32.4	5	10.27	61	0
1997	38	35	46.1	50	29.9	27	12.84	35	0
1996	35.7	62	44.7	62	26.7	62	6.36	82	0
1995	39	24	47.8	29	30.3	24	11.18	49	0
1994	35.6	63	44.1	67	27	59	10.33	59	0
1993	38	35	47	38	29	34	9.57	64	0
1992	41.7	5	51	7	32.5	4	8.65	72	0
1991	38.5	29	48.2	24	28.8	37	17.43	10	0
1990	38.6	27	48.7	18	28.6	38	16.21	13	0
1989	37.6	39	47.2	35	28	47	21.69	3	0
1988	36.1	61	45.5	55	26.8	61	17.84	7	0
1987	36.9	50	45.7	53	28.2	43	8.03	76	0
1986	35.5	64	45.4	56	25.6	68	6.51	81	0
1985	33.7	74	42.6	77	24.8	72	15.51	20	0
1984	32.6	81	41.3	81	23.9	77	11.79	45	0
1983	39.7	20	48	27	31.3	14	15.45	22	0
1982	33.2	76	42.7	75	23.7	79	12.33	38	0
1981	36.6	54	46.8	43	26.4	63	5.98	83	0
1980	36.2	58	44.3	64	28.2	43	7.62	78	0
1979	30.6	84	39.4	87	21.9	83	18.84	5	0
1978	28.2	87	37	88	19.4	87	9.05	71	0
1977	30.2	86	40.6	85	19.8	86	4.01	85	0
1976	39.3	23	48.2	24	30.4	23	10.88	53	0
1975	38.5	29	47	38	30	26	11.05	52	0
1974	38.4	32	46.2	47	30.5	21	11.94	42	0
1973	36.2	58	44.3	64	28.1	45	11.50	46	0
1972	39.8	19	48.9	17	30.7	19	11.32	47	0
1971	36.8	52	46	51	27.7	52	12.57	36	0
1970	32.2	82	41	82	23.5	80	8.22	75	0
1969	36.2	58	43.9	70	28.4	40	17.74	8	0
1968	33.9	72	42.9	73	25	71	10.30	60	0
1967	36.6	54	46.2	47	27	59	9.18	67	0
1966	36.3	56	44.5	63	28.1	45	11.93	43	0
1965	37.5	42	47.2	35	27.8	50	14.76	24	0
1964	33.2	76	43.2	71	23.1	82	4.45	84	0
1963	30.4	85	40.9	84	20	85	3.98	86	0
1962	36.3	56	45.4	56	27.2	56	17.67	9	0
1961	34.3	69	44	68	24.6	73	12.87	34	0
1960	37.6	39	45	59	30.2	25	9.08	70	0
1959	34.3	69	44.2	66	24.4	74	10.27	61	0
1958	35.2	66	44	68	26.4	63	11.97	41	0
1957	39.9	18	47.9	28	31.9	12	12.95	32	0
1956	37	47	45.7	53	28.3	42	10.34	57	0
1955	37.7	37	46.2	47	29.2	33	11.15	50	0
1954	39.5	22	49.5	15	29.5	31	9.43	65	0
1953	40.4	13	48.6	20	32.1	10	11.93	43	0
1952	41.1	9	49.8	13	32.4	5	15.63	18	0
1951	35.5	64	45.1	58	25.9	65	14.08	26	0
1950	42.4	3	52	2	32.9	3	27.23	1	0
1949			50.9	8			21.78	2	90
1948	34.5	67	44.8	61	23.9	77	8.02	77	3
1947	37.6	39	47.6	31	27.9	48	8.62	73	9
1946	37	47	46.5	45	27.4	55	13.21	30	0
1945	33.5	75	41.5	80	25.5	69	13.30	29	0
1944	37.7	37	47.7	30	27.7	52	8.50	74	0
1943	37	47	47	38	27.1	57			1
1942									31
1941	38.3	33	46.9	42	29.6	30	7.60	79	0
1940	31	83	39.9	86	21.9	83	11.08	51	1
1939	38.8	26	48.5	21	28.9	35	16.63	12	2
1938	39	24	47.4	32	30.6	20	10.34	57	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	43.1
2017	42.8
1950	42.4
2024	42.1
1992	41.7
2016	41.6
2012	41.6
2020	41.3
1952	41.1
2022	40.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	28.2
1977	30.2
1963	30.4
1979	30.6
1940	31
1970	32.2
1984	32.6
2010	32.7
2014	33.1
2001	33.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	27.23
1949	21.78
1989	21.69
2019	20.79
1979	18.84
2025	17.99
1988	17.84
1969	17.74
1962	17.67
1991	17.43

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	3.27
1963	3.98
1977	4.01
1964	4.45
1981	5.98
1996	6.36
1986	6.51
2004	6.88
1941	7.60
1980	7.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.77 in; 18 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.27 in of precipitation in Paducah, KY, the driest winter on record, in 87 years since 1938 (winter 1942 excluded: 23 of 90 days missing; winter 1943 excluded: 11 of 90 days missing); provisional.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Paducah, KY: 76°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Paducah, KY: a low of 4°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Paducah, KY: 0.77 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.