October
October · April · May
82climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Paducah.
October leads for comfortable weather in Paducah: typically 25.7°C by day, 9.8°C at night, with 49 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortOctober
Typical high25.7°C
Typical low9.8°C
Rain in October49 mm
July
July · August · September
73climate match
March
March · November · October
88climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 34 against October’s 82 — days reach only 13.2°C, 11° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -2°C.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
3413.2° / -2°
Feb
4515.6° / -0.1°
Mar
6720.2° / 4.1°
Apr
8025.2° / 8.5°
May
7029.4° / 14.3°
Jun
4934.3° / 19.4°
Jul
4536.6° / 21.4°
Aug
4536° / 20.7°
Sep
6631.3° / 16.5°
Oct
8225.7° / 9.8°
Nov
6118.6° / 3.3°
Dec
3513.1° / -1.2°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C | -2°C | 23 mm | 2.6 | 10 h 07 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| February | 15.6°C | -0.1°C | 24 mm | 2.5 | 10 h 55 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| March | 20.2°C | 4.1°C | 37 mm | 3.4 | 11 h 52 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| April | 25.2°C | 8.5°C | 60 mm | 3.8 | 12 h 59 | 80 | Strong coverage |
| May | 29.4°C | 14.3°C | 89 mm | 6.4 | 13 h 55 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| June | 34.3°C | 19.4°C | 86 mm | 5.4 | 14 h 24 | 49 | Strong coverage |
| July | 36.6°C | 21.4°C | 44 mm | 4 | 14 h 13 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| August | 36°C | 20.7°C | 60 mm | 4.6 | 13 h 25 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| September | 31.3°C | 16.5°C | 76 mm | 4.9 | 12 h 21 | 66 | Strong coverage |
| October | 25.7°C | 9.8°C | 49 mm | 4 | 11 h 16 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.6°C | 3.3°C | 34 mm | 2.9 | 10 h 21 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| December | 13.1°C | -1.2°C | 25 mm | 2.6 | 9 h 54 | 35 | Good coverage |
What has changed
Paducah runs +1.5°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
+1.4
Feb
+1.0
Mar
+2.0
Apr
+0.5
May
+1.1
Jun
+2.0
Jul
+1.6
Aug
+2.2
Sep
+2.5
Oct
+1.4
Nov
+1.1
Dec
+1.4
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C5 Jan 1956 | -20.0°C13 Jan 1963 | 45 mm22 Jan 1968 | 110 mm1968 · driest 0 mm in 2014 | 64 |
| February | 35.6°C12 Feb 2017 | -18.9°C2 Feb 1985 | 50 mm4 Feb 1964 | 87 mm1987 · driest 0 mm in 1962 | 64 |
| March | 39.4°C21 Mar 2026 | -13.9°C2 Mar 1980 | 86 mm22 Mar 2000 | 154 mm2000 · driest 0 mm in 2026 | 66 |
| April | 43.3°C26 Apr 2012 | -4.4°C12 Apr 1997 | 88 mm17 Apr 2010 | 243 mm1997 · driest 0 mm in 2001 | 66 |
| May | 44.4°C24 May 2000 | 2.2°C3 May 2013 | 151 mm22 May 1959 | 326 mm1959 · driest 3 mm in 1988 | 67 |
| June | 47.8°C27 Jun 2011 | 9.4°C5 Jun 1970 | 169 mm2 Jun 1991 | 262 mm1991 · driest 1 mm in 1998 | 67 |
| July | 46.1°C20 Jul 2022 | 13.9°C14 Jul 1990 | 59 mm25 Jul 1975 | 173 mm2010 · driest 0 mm in 1954 | 66 |
| August | 45.6°C24 Aug 2024 | 12.2°C25 Aug 1961 | 105 mm2 Aug 1995 | 195 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1999 | 66 |
| September | 43.9°C9 Sep 2023 | 0.0°C30 Sep 1984 | 78 mm21 Sep 2001 | 219 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 2015 | 66 |
| October | 40.6°C1 Oct 1977 | -6.7°C31 Oct 2019 | 135 mm20 Oct 1983 | 279 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 2014 | 65 |
| November | 35.0°C16 Nov 2025 | -10.6°C17 Nov 1959 | 60 mm3 Nov 2004 | 204 mm2024 · driest 0 mm in 2005 | 65 |
| December | 31.7°C23 Dec 1955 | -21.7°C23 Dec 1989 | 72 mm15 Dec 1959 | 110 mm1959 · driest 0 mm in 2008 | 65 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 0 | 21 | <1 | <1 |
| February | 4 | <1 | 15 | <1 | <1 |
| March | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | <1 |
| April | 17 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 24 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 28 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 26 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 19 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| November | 6 | <1 | 8 | 1 | <1 |
| December | 1 | <1 | 19 | <1 | <1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 8.7–15.9°C |
| February | 31% | 11% | 2% | 6% | 11.2–19.7°C |
| March | 52% | 11% | 3% | 6% | 17.0–23.5°C |
| April | 74% | 13% | 6% | 11% | 22.9–29.0°C |
| May | 77% | 20% | 9% | 20% | 26.8–32.7°C |
| June | 82% | 18% | 9% | 15% | 31.0–36.5°C |
| July | 87% | 13% | 5% | 9% | 33.6–39.0°C |
| August | 85% | 14% | 5% | 10% | 33.0–38.2°C |
| September | 83% | 15% | 7% | 12% | 28.5–34.4°C |
| October | 76% | 13% | 5% | 11% | 22.4–28.6°C |
| November | 46% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 15.7–21.6°C |
| December | 19% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 10.3–16.0°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5527891
- NOAA station
- USC00416740 · PADUCAH 7E
- Station distance
- 10.9 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 24 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 34.01°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.