Paducah, KY

Kentucky · Records since 1937–2026

🌙 68°F
Currently in Paducah
As of 9:15 PM CDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

94°F

September 26, 1939

+14° from 80° normal

❄ Record Low

37°F

September 26, 2001

-18° from 55° normal
🌞 Normal high: 80°F 🌑 Normal low: 55°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Paducah

🔥
108°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 29, 2012
❄
-15°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 20, 1985
🌧
7.49"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 5, 1985
☃
14.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Dec 22, 2004

First & Last Dates — Paducah

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
249 days
Longest growing season
1977
159 days
Shortest growing season
1944
201 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 94°F September 26, 1939
2 92°F September 26, 1938
3 91°F September 26, 2017
4 91°F September 26, 1998
5 90°F September 26, 2023
6 89°F September 26, 1987
7 89°F September 26, 1986
8 89°F September 26, 1958
9 88°F September 26, 1999
10 88°F September 26, 1990

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 37°F September 26, 2001
2 40°F September 26, 1991
3 40°F September 26, 1961
4 41°F September 26, 2000
5 43°F September 26, 1985
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1937–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Paducah

threshold: 95°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.9
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
99°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
56
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1938–2026
45
2026 so far
49
Avg/year 1970–2025
57
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
93
Most in a year (1939)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Paducah

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 2, 2007 – Aug 19, 2007 18 105°F (Aug 16) 98°F 71°F
2 Jul 27, 1941 – Aug 13, 1941 18 103°F (Aug 12) 100°F 72°F
3 Jul 4, 1980 – Jul 20, 1980 17 103°F (Jul 15) 99°F 76°F
4 Jun 18, 1952 – Jul 1, 1952 14 106°F (Jun 30) 100°F 74°F
5 Jul 30, 1944 – Aug 12, 1944 14 100°F (Aug 10) 97°F 70°F
6 Aug 6, 1988 – Aug 18, 1988 13 104°F (Aug 17) 99°F 72°F
7 Jun 27, 2012 – Jul 8, 2012 12 108°F (Jun 29) 103°F 71°F
8 Jul 16, 2012 – Jul 27, 2012 12 101°F (Jul 18) 98°F 73°F
9 Aug 17, 1947 – Aug 25, 1947 9 100°F (Aug 22) 97°F 72°F
10 Aug 8, 2010 – Aug 15, 2010 8 104°F (Aug 12) 100°F 72°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

44
2026 total
above-normal nights
45.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
69
Most in a summer
2016

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1937–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1937, annual totals have trended +1.38" per decade, about +12.2" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Paducah is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

141 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

38.51"
2026 YTD
Normal: 37.27"
+1.24"
1.69"
September so far
September normal: 3.55"
-1.86"
14
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Paducah is 1.24" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 1 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 25 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
80.8°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 89
+9.2°
vs. average
Normal: 71.7°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1938–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.10° per decade (warming since 1938)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1938–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.08" per decade (wetter since 1938)

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 80.8°F
2 1939 79.6°F
3 1941 77.8°F
4 1970 77.2°F
5 2018 77.0°F
6 2019 77.0°F
7 2016 76.1°F
8 1980 76.0°F
9 1978 74.8°F
10 1945 74.6°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1974 65.6°F
2 1949 66.1°F
3 1975 66.9°F
4 2006 67.2°F
5 1995 67.4°F
6 1950 67.8°F
7 1967 67.8°F
8 1981 67.9°F
9 1966 68.1°F
10 1994 68.3°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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