Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Hottest Summers in Kentucky
Average daily high in the hottest month of the year, by county. Read it next to the cooling degree days in the same row: the two together are what the summer electricity bill is actually made of. Figures are NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals from the weather station nearest each county seat, so they describe a thirty-year average rather than any single year.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Kentucky ranked
| # | County | Summer high | Cooling degree days | Monthly to own |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barren County | 90.3°F | 1,637 | $1,431 |
| 2 | Lyon County | 90.3°F | 1,902 | $1,527 |
| 3 | Spencer County | 90.3°F | 1,321 | $2,382 |
| 4 | Graves County | 89.9°F | 1,683 | $1,221 |
| 5 | McCracken County | 89.9°F | 1,683 | $1,549 |
| 6 | Marshall County | 89.9°F | 1,683 | $1,480 |
| 7 | Butler County | 89.7°F | 1,676 | $969 |
| 8 | Cumberland County | 89.7°F | 1,214 | $1,139 |
| 9 | Monroe County | 89.7°F | 1,214 | $1,066 |
| 10 | Simpson County | 89.7°F | 1,676 | $1,627 |
| 11 | Warren County | 89.7°F | 1,676 | $1,967 |
| 12 | Webster County | 89.6°F | 1,583 | $946 |
| 13 | Calloway County | 89.3°F | 1,638 | $1,528 |
| 14 | Hopkins County | 89.3°F | 1,763 | $1,163 |
| 15 | Caldwell County | 89.2°F | 1,551 | $1,022 |
| 16 | Muhlenberg County | 89.0°F | 1,263 | $1,095 |
| 17 | Ballard County | 88.7°F | 1,592 | $1,192 |
| 18 | Carlisle County | 88.7°F | 1,592 | $988 |
| 19 | Hickman County | 88.7°F | 1,592 | $894 |
| 20 | Trigg County | 88.7°F | 1,510 | $1,587 |
| 21 | Daviess County | 88.6°F | 1,525 | $1,590 |
| 22 | Pike County | 88.6°F | 1,397 | $974 |
| 23 | Carroll County | 88.5°F | 1,381 | $1,164 |
| 24 | Green County | 88.4°F | 1,354 | $1,072 |
| 25 | Taylor County | 88.4°F | 1,354 | $1,407 |
| 26 | Christian County | 88.2°F | 1,610 | $1,301 |
| 27 | Union County | 88.2°F | 1,437 | $1,014 |
| 28 | Todd County | 88.1°F | 1,499 | $1,339 |
| 29 | Trimble County | 88.0°F | 1,288 | $1,467 |
| 30 | Jefferson County | 87.9°F | 1,543 | $1,970 |
| 31 | Livingston County | 87.9°F | 1,465 | $1,052 |
| 32 | Casey County | 87.8°F | 1,174 | $1,189 |
| 33 | Logan County | 87.8°F | 1,374 | $1,306 |
| 34 | Marion County | 87.8°F | 1,174 | $1,369 |
| 35 | Bullitt County | 87.7°F | 1,333 | $1,944 |
| 36 | Ohio County | 87.7°F | 1,393 | $1,030 |
| 37 | Anderson County | 87.6°F | 1,332 | $1,782 |
| 38 | Franklin County | 87.6°F | 1,332 | $1,683 |
| 39 | Henry County | 87.6°F | 1,332 | $1,551 |
| 40 | Owen County | 87.6°F | 1,332 | $1,420 |
| 41 | Shelby County | 87.6°F | 976 | $2,259 |
| 42 | Henderson County | 87.5°F | 1,397 | $1,444 |
| 43 | Oldham County | 87.5°F | 1,241 | $3,012 |
| 44 | McLean County | 87.2°F | 1,416 | $1,270 |
| 45 | Grant County | 87.1°F | 1,276 | $1,567 |
| 46 | Pendleton County | 87.1°F | 1,276 | $1,393 |
| 47 | Whitley County | 87.1°F | 1,057 | $1,086 |
| 48 | Allen County | 87.0°F | 1,235 | $1,474 |
| 49 | Bell County | 87.0°F | 1,156 | $820 |
| 50 | Fulton County | 87.0°F | 1,423 | $783 |
| 51 | Knox County | 87.0°F | 1,156 | $1,011 |
| 52 | Bourbon County | 86.9°F | 1,289 | $1,760 |
| 53 | Bracken County | 86.9°F | 1,148 | $1,083 |
| 54 | Fayette County | 86.9°F | 1,289 | $2,237 |
| 55 | Jessamine County | 86.9°F | 1,289 | $2,012 |
| 56 | Madison County | 86.9°F | 1,289 | $1,827 |
| 57 | Hancock County | 86.8°F | 1,450 | $1,212 |
| 58 | Mason County | 86.8°F | 1,133 | $1,351 |
| 59 | Harrison County | 86.7°F | 1,124 | $1,585 |
| 60 | Nicholas County | 86.7°F | 1,124 | $1,070 |
| 61 | Robertson County | 86.7°F | 1,124 | $1,108 |
| 62 | Campbell County | 86.6°F | 1,126 | $1,991 |
| 63 | Nelson County | 86.6°F | 1,273 | $1,862 |
| 64 | Washington County | 86.6°F | 1,273 | $1,440 |
| 65 | Boyle County | 86.5°F | 1,169 | $1,699 |
| 66 | Montgomery County | 86.5°F | 989 | $1,412 |
| 67 | Pulaski County | 86.5°F | 1,450 | $1,344 |
| 68 | Boyd County | 86.4°F | 1,234 | $1,161 |
| 69 | Crittenden County | 86.4°F | 1,131 | $1,042 |
| 70 | Meade County | 86.4°F | 1,140 | $1,634 |
| 71 | Mercer County | 86.4°F | 1,288 | $1,613 |
| 72 | Clay County | 86.3°F | 1,218 | $847 |
| 73 | Elliott County | 86.3°F | 942 | $921 |
| 74 | Jackson County | 86.3°F | 1,218 | $986 |
| 75 | Laurel County | 86.3°F | 1,218 | $1,243 |
| 76 | Morgan County | 86.3°F | 942 | $989 |
| 77 | Wayne County | 86.3°F | 1,198 | $1,086 |
| 78 | Johnson County | 86.2°F | 1,095 | $1,119 |
| 79 | Metcalfe County | 86.2°F | 1,343 | $965 |
| 80 | Boone County | 86.0°F | 1,160 | $2,098 |
| 81 | Fleming County | 86.0°F | 1,094 | $1,053 |
| 82 | Hardin County | 86.0°F | 1,136 | $1,713 |
| 83 | Kenton County | 86.0°F | 1,160 | $1,927 |
| 84 | Larue County | 86.0°F | 1,136 | $1,495 |
| 85 | Martin County | 85.9°F | 1,020 | $836 |
| 86 | Owsley County | 85.8°F | 993 | $795 |
| 87 | Garrard County | 85.7°F | 1,161 | $1,576 |
| 88 | Lincoln County | 85.7°F | 1,161 | $1,231 |
| 89 | Adair County | 85.6°F | 1,083 | $1,192 |
| 90 | Russell County | 85.6°F | 1,083 | $1,278 |
| 91 | Bath County | 85.5°F | 1,057 | $1,030 |
| 92 | Carter County | 85.5°F | 966 | $1,109 |
| 93 | Edmonson County | 85.5°F | 1,338 | $1,194 |
| 94 | Grayson County | 85.5°F | 969 | $1,360 |
| 95 | Greenup County | 85.5°F | 966 | $1,225 |
| 96 | Hart County | 85.5°F | 1,338 | $1,125 |
| 97 | Lewis County | 85.5°F | 966 | $836 |
| 98 | Menifee County | 85.5°F | 1,057 | $1,006 |
| 99 | Rowan County | 85.5°F | 1,057 | $1,329 |
| 100 | Lawrence County | 85.4°F | 875 | $998 |
| 101 | McCreary County | 85.4°F | 948 | $775 |
| 102 | Clark County | 85.3°F | 1,016 | $1,659 |
| 103 | Estill County | 85.3°F | 1,016 | $1,027 |
| 104 | Gallatin County | 85.1°F | 925 | $1,461 |
| 105 | Floyd County | 85.0°F | 1,236 | $896 |
| 106 | Harlan County | 85.0°F | 1,051 | $762 |
| 107 | Knott County | 85.0°F | 1,236 | $757 |
| 108 | Leslie County | 85.0°F | 1,051 | $753 |
| 109 | Magoffin County | 85.0°F | 1,236 | $858 |
| 110 | Perry County | 85.0°F | 1,236 | $875 |
| 111 | Wolfe County | 85.0°F | 1,236 | $690 |
| 112 | Breathitt County | 84.6°F | 944 | $670 |
| 113 | Breckinridge County | 84.6°F | 1,140 | $1,231 |
| 114 | Clinton County | 84.5°F | 1,150 | $1,028 |
| 115 | Lee County | 84.4°F | 1,052 | $820 |
| 116 | Powell County | 84.4°F | 981 | $1,235 |
| 117 | Rockcastle County | 84.4°F | 1,100 | $1,059 |
| 118 | Scott County | 84.4°F | 1,085 | $2,132 |
| 119 | Woodford County | 84.4°F | 1,085 | $2,191 |
| 120 | Letcher County | 81.8°F | 712 | $740 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Hottest Summers across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Kentucky