Cost to Own
United StatesKentuckyElliott CountyClimate Station W LIBERTY 3NW, KY US Distance 16.5 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Elliott County home comfortable runs roughly $378 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Elliott County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

86.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 22.2°F.

Elliott County gets 46.93" of precipitation a year and 12.3" of snow, and 31% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 43.2° 22.2° 3.72" 3.7"
February 47.4° 24.2° 3.20" 4.7"
March 56.9° 30.2° 4.25" 1.4"
April 69.2° 38.3° 3.88" 0.1"
May 76.2° 49.0° 4.49" 0.0"
June 83.4° 58.0° 4.48" 0.0"
July 86.3° 62.5° 5.71" 0.0"
August 85.6° 60.9° 3.23" 0.0"
September 80.2° 53.3° 3.44" 0.0"
October 69.8° 40.2° 3.05" 0.0"
November 57.6° 30.4° 3.25" 0.3"
December 47.0° 26.0° 4.23" 2.1"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 31% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 3.72"
February 3.20"
March 4.25"
April 3.88"
May 4.49"
June 4.48"
July 5.71"
August 3.23"
September 3.44"
October 3.05"
November 3.25"
December 4.23"
Annual total 46.93"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 942
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 4,891
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.26¢/kWh, Kentucky average $134
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $244

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Elliott County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Elliott County?

Elliott County averages a high of 86.3°F in July and a low of 22.2°F in January. Annual precipitation is 46.93 inches, including 12.3 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Elliott County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 31% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Elliott County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 86.3°F. That drives 942 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Elliott County?

Yes. Elliott County averages 12.3 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station W LIBERTY 3NW, KY US (USC00158551), 16.5 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Kentucky residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.