Paducah Threshold Days by Year (USW00003816)

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Paducah (USW00003816): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Paducah Thresholds

Paducah: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 77 years, most in 2018 with 122.
Paducah: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 77 years, most in 1953 with 81.
Paducah: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 77 years, most in 1978 with 36.
Paducah: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 77 years, most in 1960 with 116.
17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Paducah.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

77 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Paducah with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 122 in 2018.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Paducah
Year	Days	Decade average
1950	43	82.8
1951	79	82.8
1952	102	82.8
1953	110	82.8
1954	100	82.8
1955	89	82.8
1956	86	82.8
1957	59	82.8
1958	78	82.8
1959	82	82.8
1960	74	71
1961	69	71
1962	79	71
1963	77	71
1964	89	71
1965	70	71
1966	63	71
1967	43	71
1968	70	71
1969	76	71
1970	68	70.1
1971	70	70.1
1972	68	70.1
1973	76	70.1
1974	57	70.1
1975	73	70.1
1976	57	70.1
1977	92	70.1
1978	84	70.1
1979	56	70.1
1980	99	83.8
1981	60	83.8
1982	65	83.8
1983	95	83.8
1984	70	83.8
1985	63	83.8
1986	91	83.8
1987	121	83.8
1988	100	83.8
1989	74	83.8
1990	84	83.9
1991	107	83.9
1992	73	83.9
1993	93	83.9
1994	83	83.9
1995	83	83.9
1996	66	83.9
1997	64	83.9
1998	101	83.9
1999	85	83.9
2000	83	82.4
2001	75	82.4
2002	101	82.4
2003	59	82.4
2004	61	82.4
2005	97	82.4
2006	84	82.4
2007	111	82.4
2008	93	82.4
2009	60	82.4
2010	112	97.2
2011	90	97.2
2012	106	97.2
2013	67	97.2
2014	86	97.2
2015	89	97.2
2016	104	97.2
2017	92	97.2
2018	122	97.2
2019	104	97.2
2020	83	90.3
2021	83	90.3
2022	102	90.3
2023	86	90.3
2024	96	90.3
2025	85	90.3
2026	97	90.3

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Paducah meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Paducah
Year	First date	Last date
1950	1950-05-16	1950-10-17
1951	1951-04-30	1951-10-05
1952	1952-04-29	1952-10-01
1953	1953-05-24	1953-10-22
1954	1954-05-24	1954-10-05
1955	1955-04-17	1955-10-06
1956	1956-05-12	1956-10-06
1957	1957-05-15	1957-09-18
1958	1958-05-15	1958-09-26
1959	1959-04-30	1959-10-04
1960	1960-05-23	1960-10-02
1961	1961-05-31	1961-09-30
1962	1962-05-08	1962-09-13
1963	1963-04-21	1963-10-21
1964	1964-05-17	1964-09-20
1965	1965-04-23	1965-09-20
1966	1966-05-08	1966-09-12
1967	1967-05-11	1967-10-05
1968	1968-05-15	1968-09-30
1969	1969-05-28	1969-10-04
1970	1970-05-22	1970-09-23
1971	1971-04-19	1971-10-03
1972	1972-05-19	1972-09-20
1973	1973-06-03	1973-10-03
1974	1974-05-18	1974-08-28
1975	1975-05-19	1975-10-13
1976	1976-04-23	1976-09-19
1977	1977-04-11	1977-09-18
1978	1978-05-23	1978-09-20
1979	1979-05-10	1979-09-12
1980	1980-04-22	1980-10-10
1981	1981-06-05	1981-10-05
1982	1982-05-13	1982-09-15
1983	1983-06-10	1983-10-03
1984	1984-05-25	1984-09-21
1985	1985-05-13	1985-10-13
1986	1986-04-25	1986-10-04
1987	1987-04-20	1987-09-28
1988	1988-05-13	1988-09-23
1989	1989-04-25	1989-10-13
1990	1990-04-24	1990-09-28
1991	1991-05-14	1991-10-04
1992	1992-04-14	1992-10-14
1993	1993-05-05	1993-09-22
1994	1994-04-27	1994-10-01
1995	1995-04-10	1995-09-14
1996	1996-05-17	1996-09-11
1997	1997-05-18	1997-10-07
1998	1998-05-13	1998-10-05
1999	1999-06-02	1999-09-28
2000	2000-05-11	2000-10-24
2001	2001-04-11	2001-09-23
2002	2002-04-18	2002-10-04
2003	2003-06-16	2003-09-18
2004	2004-05-09	2004-10-07
2005	2005-05-11	2005-10-19
2006	2006-04-14	2006-10-04
2007	2007-04-30	2007-10-08
2008	2008-04-23	2008-10-15
2009	2009-05-15	2009-09-11
2010	2010-05-07	2010-10-11
2011	2011-04-09	2011-09-13
2012	2012-04-02	2012-09-25
2013	2013-05-19	2013-10-04
2014	2014-05-04	2014-10-01
2015	2015-05-05	2015-10-12
2016	2016-05-07	2016-10-19
2017	2017-04-29	2017-10-14
2018	2018-05-09	2018-10-09
2019	2019-05-08	2019-10-10
2020	2020-05-23	2020-09-17
2021	2021-05-22	2021-10-10
2022	2022-05-10	2022-09-24
2023	2023-04-04	2023-10-03
2024	2024-05-01	2024-10-06
2025	2025-04-28	2025-10-05
2026	2026-03-22	2026-10-13

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Paducah
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	77	122	2018	97
35 C (95 F): Days	74	45	1954	18
40 C (104 F): Days	8	7	2012	7
90 F (32.2 C): Days	77	81	1953	48
100 F (37.8 C): Days	26	18	2012	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	77	36	1978	13
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	77	116	1960	46
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	75	35	1963	12
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	18	5	1985	3
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	77	94	2018	88
25 C (77 F): Days with min	50	17	1980	3
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	77	61	2019	29
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	77	27	2019	17
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	73	10	2011	4
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	19	3	2013	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	29	4	1960	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	3	1	1978	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1950.

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Paducah Threshold Days by Year (USW00003816)

Key Facts for Paducah Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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