Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Bardstown 5E (USC00150397), Kentucky, United States, with 73 years of record.
Key Facts for Bardstown 5E
Bardstown 5E (USC00150397) is a weather station in Kentucky, United States at 37.82 latitude and -85.38 longitude, 238 m (780 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1950 to 2022, 73 years of record.
1,464 records set at Bardstown 5E still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Bardstown 5E tied a daily record high minimum temperature of 13.3 C (55.9 F) on 11 November 2022.
About the Station
Location: Kentucky, United States, 37.82 latitude, -85.38 longitude.
Elevation: 238 m (780 ft).
Period of record: 1950 to 2022, 73 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Bardstown 5E. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Bardstown 5E, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
22.2 C (72.0 F)
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
26.1 C (79.0 F)
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
34.4 C (93.9 F)
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2.8 C (37.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
40.6 C (105.1 F)
7.8 C (46.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
40.6 C (105.1 F)
6.1 C (43.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
39.4 C (102.9 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Bardstown 5E still stand. 1953 holds the most, with 47.
Standing records at Bardstown 5E by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1950
9
1951
32
1952
45
1953
47
1954
41
1955
25
1956
18
1957
13
1958
20
1959
22
1960
41
1961
27
1962
37
1963
44
1964
30
1965
28
1966
19
1967
38
1968
17
1969
10
1970
26
1971
19
1972
26
1973
19
1974
27
1975
18
1976
37
1977
39
1978
16
1979
22
1980
35
1981
12
1982
30
1983
35
1984
29
1989
26
1990
16
1991
20
1992
16
1993
13
1994
10
1995
7
1996
25
1997
15
1998
17
1999
14
2000
24
2001
13
2002
23
2003
12
2004
13
2005
12
2006
11
2007
18
2008
17
2009
11
2010
12
2011
11
2012
20
2013
8
2014
15
2015
18
2016
8
2017
13
2018
22
2019
16
2020
19
2021
8
2022
8
All-Time Record Progression
7 new records
7 all-time records were set at Bardstown 5E between 12 August 1984 and 1 March 1997. Each dot is a new record.
When Bardstown 5E set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1984-08-12
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 28.3 C (82.9 F)
1989-12-22
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -15.6 C (3.9 F)
1994-01-17
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 30.5 cm (12.0 in)
1994-01-19
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -16.7 C (1.9 F)
1994-01-19
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1996-07-17
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 28.9 C (84.0 F)
1997-03-01
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 145.3 mm (5.7 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Mar: 145.3 mm (5.7 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Bardstown 5E. The most was 145.3 mm (5.7 in) on 1 March 1997.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Bardstown 5E
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
99.3 mm (3.9 in)
8 January 1978
Feb
86.9 mm (3.4 in)
15 February 1989
Mar
145.3 mm (5.7 in)
1 March 1997
Apr
126.5 mm (5.0 in)
28 April 1970
May
121.7 mm (4.8 in)
2 May 2010
Jun
91.4 mm (3.6 in)
21 June 1956
Jul
105.9 mm (4.2 in)
4 July 2016
Aug
85.6 mm (3.4 in)
28 August 2005
Sep
121.7 mm (4.8 in)
21 September 1979
Oct
116.8 mm (4.6 in)
8 October 2017
Nov
83.1 mm (3.3 in)
30 November 2019
Dec
79.8 mm (3.1 in)
8 December 1978
Period of Record Coverage
1950 to 2022
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
71 years of record at Bardstown 5E, 1950 to 2022. 7 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1950, 1956, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1990, 2022.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 58 complete years at Bardstown 5E, 1951 to 2021. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 13.6 C (56.5 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1969, at 12.5 C (54.4 F), and the warmest was 2012, at 14.9 C (58.9 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.4 C (2.5 F).
Annual mean temperature at Bardstown 5E as warming stripes, 1951 to 2021
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1951
13.8 C
+0.18 C
1952
14.5 C
+0.93 C
1953
14.8 C
+1.18 C
1954
14.7 C
+1.10 C
1955
13.6 C
+0.03 C
1959
14.1 C
+0.53 C
1960
12.6 C
-1.02 C
1961
12.8 C
-0.78 C
1962
13.6 C
-0.02 C
1963
13.2 C
-0.38 C
1964
14.2 C
+0.60 C
1965
14.0 C
+0.40 C
1966
12.8 C
-0.78 C
1967
13.2 C
-0.39 C
1968
13.1 C
-0.52 C
1969
12.5 C
-1.15 C
1970
13.6 C
+0.03 C
1971
13.7 C
+0.12 C
1972
13.5 C
-0.10 C
1973
14.3 C
+0.73 C
1974
13.8 C
+0.16 C
1975
14.0 C
+0.42 C
1976
12.6 C
-0.98 C
1977
13.4 C
-0.23 C
1978
12.5 C
-1.15 C
1979
12.7 C
-0.95 C
1980
13.5 C
-0.15 C
1981
13.6 C
-0.02 C
1982
13.9 C
+0.32 C
1983
14.0 C
+0.35 C
1984
14.2 C
+0.55 C
1989
12.7 C
-0.88 C
1991
14.1 C
+0.46 C
1992
13.2 C
-0.46 C
1993
12.8 C
-0.82 C
1994
13.1 C
-0.48 C
1995
13.2 C
-0.39 C
1996
12.6 C
-0.97 C
1997
12.8 C
-0.79 C
1998
14.8 C
+1.15 C
1999
14.3 C
+0.67 C
2000
13.4 C
-0.18 C
2001
13.9 C
+0.32 C
2002
14.1 C
+0.44 C
2003
13.2 C
-0.43 C
2005
14.1 C
+0.45 C
2006
14.0 C
+0.38 C
2008
13.5 C
-0.11 C
2009
13.4 C
-0.18 C
2010
13.7 C
+0.06 C
2012
14.9 C
+1.31 C
2013
13.1 C
-0.49 C
2014
12.7 C
-0.90 C
2015
13.9 C
+0.33 C
2016
14.7 C
+1.08 C
2018
13.9 C
+0.25 C
2020
14.2 C
+0.55 C
2021
14.1 C
+0.46 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1951 to 2021 is 0.02 C (-0.06 to 0.11) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.04 F (-0.12 to 0.19) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 58 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Bardstown 5E
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.02 C (-0.06 to 0.11) per decade
0.04 F (-0.12 to 0.19) per decade
1951 to 2021
58
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.2 C (-0.3 to -0.1) per decade
-0.4 F (-0.6 to -0.2) per decade
1951 to 2021
58
Fall
Mean daily minimum
0.3 C (0.2 to 0.3) per decade
0.5 F (0.3 to 0.6) per decade
1951 to 2021
58
Rise
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1950 to 2022
Yearly extremes at Bardstown 5E: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1952
35.6 C (96.1 F)
71
Coldest night (TNn)
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1994
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
71
Wettest day (Rx1day)
145.3 mm (5.7 in)
1997
77.2 mm (3.0 in)
71
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
265.4 mm (10.4 in)
1989
108.0 mm (4.3 in)
71
Longest dry spell (CDD)
32 days
1995
18 days
71
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Bardstown 5E, 1950 to 2022. The record is 40.6 C (105.1 F) in 1952, marked on the chart; the median year is 35.6 C (96.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Bardstown 5E by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1950
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1951
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1952
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1953
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1954
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1955
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1956
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1957
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1958
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1959
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1960
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1961
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1962
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1963
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1964
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1965
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1966
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1967
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1968
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1969
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1970
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1971
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1972
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1973
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1974
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1975
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1976
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1977
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1978
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1979
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1980
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1981
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1982
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1983
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1984
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1985
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1988
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1989
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1990
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1991
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1992
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1993
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1994
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1995
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1996
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1997
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1998
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1999
39.4 C (102.9 F)
2000
33.9 C (93.0 F)
2001
34.4 C (93.9 F)
2002
37.2 C (99.0 F)
2003
32.8 C (91.0 F)
2004
32.2 C (90.0 F)
2005
36.1 C (97.0 F)
2006
34.4 C (93.9 F)
2007
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2008
35.6 C (96.1 F)
2009
33.3 C (91.9 F)
2010
37.2 C (99.0 F)
2011
37.2 C (99.0 F)
2012
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2013
33.9 C (93.0 F)
2014
33.3 C (91.9 F)
2015
34.4 C (93.9 F)
2016
34.4 C (93.9 F)
2017
33.9 C (93.0 F)
2018
35.6 C (96.1 F)
2019
35.6 C (96.1 F)
2020
33.3 C (91.9 F)
2021
34.4 C (93.9 F)
2022
36.7 C (98.1 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Bardstown 5E, 1950 to 2022. The record is -32.2 C (-26.0 F) in 1994, marked on the chart; the median year is -18.9 C (-2.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Bardstown 5E by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1950
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1951
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1952
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1953
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1954
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1955
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1956
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1957
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1958
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1959
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1960
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1961
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1962
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1963
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1964
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1965
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1966
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1967
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1968
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1969
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1970
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1971
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1972
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1973
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1974
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1975
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1976
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1977
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1978
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1979
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1980
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1981
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1982
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1983
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1984
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1985
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1988
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1989
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1990
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1991
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1992
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1993
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1994
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1995
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1996
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1997
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1998
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1999
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
2000
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2001
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2002
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
2003
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
2004
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
2005
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
2006
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
2007
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
2008
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
2009
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
2010
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2011
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
2012
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
2013
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
2014
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
2015
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
2016
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
2017
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2018
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
2019
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
2020
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
2021
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
2022
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Bardstown 5E, 1950 to 2022. The record is 145.3 mm (5.7 in) in 1997, marked on the chart; the median year is 77.2 mm (3.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Bardstown 5E by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1950
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1951
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1952
82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1953
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1954
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1955
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1956
91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1957
97.0 mm (3.8 in)
1958
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1959
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1960
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1961
91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1962
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1963
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1964
109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1965
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1966
85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1967
107.2 mm (4.2 in)
1968
55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1969
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1970
126.5 mm (5.0 in)
1971
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1972
96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1973
70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1974
68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1975
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1976
81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1977
75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1978
99.3 mm (3.9 in)
1979
121.7 mm (4.8 in)
1980
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1981
62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1982
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1983
64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1984
77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1985
5.6 mm (0.22 in)
1988
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1989
86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1990
79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1991
61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1992
79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1993
58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1994
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1995
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1996
69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1997
145.3 mm (5.7 in)
1998
66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1999
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
2000
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
2001
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
2002
90.2 mm (3.6 in)
2003
77.2 mm (3.0 in)
2004
82.6 mm (3.3 in)
2005
85.6 mm (3.4 in)
2006
104.6 mm (4.1 in)
2007
90.2 mm (3.6 in)
2008
94.7 mm (3.7 in)
2009
56.6 mm (2.2 in)
2010
121.7 mm (4.8 in)
2011
99.6 mm (3.9 in)
2012
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
2013
79.2 mm (3.1 in)
2014
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
2015
58.2 mm (2.3 in)
2016
105.9 mm (4.2 in)
2017
116.8 mm (4.6 in)
2018
66.3 mm (2.6 in)
2019
83.1 mm (3.3 in)
2020
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
2021
95.0 mm (3.7 in)
2022
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Bardstown 5E, 1950 to 2022. The record is 265.4 mm (10.4 in) in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is 108.0 mm (4.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Bardstown 5E by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1950
46.4 mm (1.8 in)
1951
98.5 mm (3.9 in)
1952
102.3 mm (4.0 in)
1953
111.4 mm (4.4 in)
1954
69.0 mm (2.7 in)
1955
105.4 mm (4.1 in)
1956
169.4 mm (6.7 in)
1957
125.9 mm (5.0 in)
1958
108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1959
94.2 mm (3.7 in)
1960
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1961
170.0 mm (6.7 in)
1962
117.1 mm (4.6 in)
1963
73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1964
187.0 mm (7.4 in)
1965
89.0 mm (3.5 in)
1966
91.0 mm (3.6 in)
1967
148.1 mm (5.8 in)
1968
91.8 mm (3.6 in)
1969
87.4 mm (3.4 in)
1970
155.2 mm (6.1 in)
1971
77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1972
210.0 mm (8.3 in)
1973
104.7 mm (4.1 in)
1974
106.7 mm (4.2 in)
1975
103.9 mm (4.1 in)
1976
109.5 mm (4.3 in)
1977
106.5 mm (4.2 in)
1978
143.6 mm (5.7 in)
1979
140.8 mm (5.5 in)
1980
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1981
117.4 mm (4.6 in)
1982
123.7 mm (4.9 in)
1983
161.1 mm (6.3 in)
1984
139.5 mm (5.5 in)
1985
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1988
75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1989
265.4 mm (10.4 in)
1990
121.4 mm (4.8 in)
1991
127.5 mm (5.0 in)
1992
84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1993
101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1994
85.9 mm (3.4 in)
1995
112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1996
123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1997
245.2 mm (9.7 in)
1998
100.5 mm (4.0 in)
1999
72.2 mm (2.8 in)
2000
94.2 mm (3.7 in)
2001
99.3 mm (3.9 in)
2002
133.1 mm (5.2 in)
2003
104.4 mm (4.1 in)
2004
181.7 mm (7.2 in)
2005
179.1 mm (7.1 in)
2006
142.9 mm (5.6 in)
2007
163.9 mm (6.5 in)
2008
126.0 mm (5.0 in)
2009
103.9 mm (4.1 in)
2010
162.1 mm (6.4 in)
2011
150.9 mm (5.9 in)
2012
82.8 mm (3.3 in)
2013
106.5 mm (4.2 in)
2014
89.1 mm (3.5 in)
2015
110.8 mm (4.4 in)
2016
146.3 mm (5.8 in)
2017
149.5 mm (5.9 in)
2018
153.7 mm (6.1 in)
2019
104.2 mm (4.1 in)
2020
139.0 mm (5.5 in)
2021
102.8 mm (4.0 in)
2022
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Bardstown 5E, 1950 to 2022. The record is 32 days in 1995, marked on the chart; the median year is 18 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Bardstown 5E by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1950
15 days
1951
16 days
1952
29 days
1953
31 days
1954
20 days
1955
14 days
1956
14 days
1957
24 days
1958
13 days
1959
16 days
1960
14 days
1961
29 days
1962
17 days
1963
28 days
1964
26 days
1965
17 days
1966
19 days
1967
14 days
1968
18 days
1969
20 days
1970
18 days
1971
20 days
1972
21 days
1973
13 days
1974
15 days
1975
22 days
1976
25 days
1977
19 days
1978
17 days
1979
15 days
1980
18 days
1981
16 days
1982
12 days
1983
19 days
1984
14 days
1985
6 days
1988
20 days
1989
11 days
1990
12 days
1991
26 days
1992
19 days
1993
17 days
1994
14 days
1995
32 days
1996
13 days
1997
18 days
1998
22 days
1999
19 days
2000
14 days
2001
15 days
2002
18 days
2003
11 days
2004
24 days
2005
16 days
2006
11 days
2007
18 days
2008
23 days
2009
16 days
2010
19 days
2011
15 days
2012
16 days
2013
19 days
2014
20 days
2015
19 days
2016
17 days
2017
11 days
2018
10 days
2019
22 days
2020
14 days
2021
22 days
2022
30 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
58 years with a frost
Across 58 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Bardstown 5E falls on 21 April and the median first autumn frost on 18 October, which leaves a median of 181 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +3.3 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Bardstown 5E
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1982 to 2021)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
21 April
n/a
17 April
n/a
-1.7 days per decade
First autumn frost
18 October
n/a
21 October
n/a
+1.6 days per decade
Growing days
181 days
n/a
184 days
n/a
+3.3 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
66 years, 1951 to 2021
A day with at least 75.4 mm (3.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 146.2 mm (5.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Bardstown 5E: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
75.4 mm (3.0 in)
5 years
95.1 mm (3.7 in)
10 years
107.9 mm (4.2 in)
25 years
123.6 mm (4.9 in)
50 years
135.1 mm (5.3 in)
100 years
146.2 mm (5.8 in)
Longer than the 66 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 66 years of values from 1951 to 2021.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 145.3 mm (5.7 in) in 1997; 126.5 mm (5.0 in) in 1970; 121.7 mm (4.8 in) in 1979.
Station Changes
1 suspected
One change was suspected in the annual mean temperature of Bardstown 5E, at 1991. Each is measured against neighbouring stations.
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1991 ran 0.3 C (0.5 F) lower than in the years before (likely change).
Suspected changes in the annual mean temperature at Bardstown 5E, against neighbouring stations
Year
Shift (C)
Shift (F)
Strength
Neighbours
1991
-0.2
-0.4
likely
5
Possible change at the station (a move, a new instrument or a new site); the record is kept as measured. A "likely" change has a larger test statistic than a "possible" one. Neither says why the station differs from its neighbours. How changes are found, and the largest ones.
Climate Twins
2002 to 2021 against 1961 to 1990
Over 2002 to 2021, Bardstown 5E had a mean temperature of 13.8 C (56.9 F) and 1,357.0 mm (53.4 in) of rain a year. The 3 stations whose 1961 to 1990 climate was closest to that are Lewisburg Exp STN (United States, 296 km away), Paris 3 ESE (United States, 305 km away) and Dover 1 W (United States, 264 km away).
Climate twins of Bardstown 5E: stations whose 1961 to 1990 climate is closest to its 2002 to 2021 climate
Twins are stations, not cities. A twin is one of the three stations at least 100 km away whose earlier climate is closest to this station's recent one, so a close match does not mean the two places look alike in other ways. A station move or a gap in a record can change that station's averages. The list describes past climate; it is not a forecast and does not say what caused any change. How twins are found, and a search for any station.
Download the Data
Data for Bardstown 5E standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Bardstown 5E threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.