Is this weather normal in Letcher County?

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Letcher County has warmed about 0.5° per decade since 1970. Letcher County just had its 10th-warmest September in 132 years, +5° against the usual.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 62°, lows near 38°

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

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The last 12 months

Oct: +0.6°OctNov: +0.6°NovDec: +0.8°DecJan 2026: -2.2°JanFeb: -1.1°FebMar: +7.3°MarApr: +6.0°AprMay: -1.0°MayJun: -0.2°JunJul: +2.3°JulAug: +1.4°AugSep: +4.6°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: +0.1 inOctNov: -0.8 inNovDec: -2.0 inDecJan 2026: -1.2 inJanFeb: -1.5 inFebMar: -2.5 inMarApr: -2.4 inAprMay: -0.6 inMayJun: -0.4 inJunJul: -0.8 inJulAug: +1.3 inAugSep: -0.8 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 Letcher County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January44° / 25°3.7 in46.4° 195019.2° 1977
February48° / 28°3.8 in45.3° 192724.0° 1895
March57° / 34°4.4 in55.6° 201230.4° 1960
April68° / 42°4.5 in60.9° 202647.7° 1907
May75° / 51°4.8 in68.8° 201856.4° 1917
June81° / 59°4.7 in76.2° 194364.6° 1955
July84° / 63°5.2 in77.9° 193469.1° 2009
August83° / 62°4.1 in76.9° 200768.7° 1946
September78° / 55°3.3 in73.1° 192560.9° 1967
October68° / 44°2.9 in64.6° 191947.7° 1988
November57° / 33°3.1 in52.6° 190236.8° 1976
December47° / 28°4.3 in48.8° 201525.3° 1963

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

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