Is this weather normal in Ballard County?

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Ballard County just had its warmest September ever recorded, +8° against the usual. Ballard County has warmed 3rd-most of Kentucky's 120 counties since 1970, about 0.6° per decade.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 64°, lows near 42°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Ballard County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

Oct: +3.2°OctNov: +2.1°NovDec: +0.6°DecJan 2026: -3.0°JanFeb: +1.0°FebMar: +8.6°MarApr: +7.4°AprMay: -0.4°MayJun: -0.2°JunJul: +0.4°JulAug: +1.1°AugSep: +7.9°Sepwarmercooler

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

18952025

Rain and drought

Oct: +0.9 inOctNov: -1.6 inNovDec: -3.1 inDecJan 2026: -2.5 inJanFeb: -3.3 inFebMar: +0.3 inMarApr: -1.7 inAprMay: -1.2 inMayJun: +3.0 inJunJul: +3.8 inJulAug: +1.7 inAugSep: -2.2 inSepwetterdrier

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Ballard County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January44° / 27°3.8 in43.9° 200618.8° 1918
February49° / 30°3.8 in48.0° 201724.0° 1978
March59° / 38°4.9 in61.2° 201232.5° 1960
April70° / 47°5.2 in65.8° 202649.8° 1907
May78° / 57°5.1 in74.6° 201860.4° 1917
June86° / 65°4.4 in82.3° 195269.4° 1903
July89° / 69°4.2 in85.3° 190174.3° 1967
August88° / 67°3.1 in83.3° 190071.3° 1967
September82° / 59°3.4 in78.6° 202663.2° 1918
October71° / 48°4.0 in65.6° 194752.4° 1925
November58° / 37°4.3 in55.6° 190938.4° 1976
December47° / 30°4.3 in49.4° 202126.3° 2000

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

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