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United States › Kentucky › Ohio County › Climate Station BEAVER DAM, KY US Distance 4 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Ohio County home comfortable runs roughly $401 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Ohio County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

87.7°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 24.1°F.

Ohio County gets 51.96" of precipitation a year, and 30% of it falls in Mar, Apr, May.

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 Precip
January 43.8° 24.1° 3.79"
February 48.5° 26.5° 4.01"
March 57.9° 34.9° 5.11"
April 69.5° 45.4° 5.01"
May 77.0° 55.7° 5.50"
June 84.6° 63.9° 4.31"
July 87.7° 67.7° 4.55"
August 87.6° 65.4° 3.41"
September 81.6° 57.9° 3.80"
October 70.5° 45.0° 4.33"
November 57.5° 35.7° 3.74"
December 47.1° 28.9° 4.40"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 30% falling in the wettest three months (Mar, Apr, May).

January 3.79"
February 4.01"
March 5.11"
April 5.01"
May 5.50"
June 4.31"
July 4.55"
August 3.41"
September 3.80"
October 4.33"
November 3.74"
December 4.40"
Annual total 51.96"

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 1,393
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 4,330
Approximate annual cooling cost At 13.8¢/kWh, Kentucky average $192
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $209

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 Ohio County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Ohio County?

Ohio County averages a high of 87.7°F in July and a low of 24.1°F in January. Annual precipitation is 51.96 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Ohio County?

The wettest stretch is Mar, Apr, May, which accounts for 30% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Ohio County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 87.7°F. That drives 1,393 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Ohio County?

The weather station used for Ohio County, BEAVER DAM, KY US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 51.96 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station BEAVER DAM, KY US (USC00150490), 4 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.