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United States / Kentucky / No Metro Area / Perry County / Jeff / Zip Codes
Jeff, KY experiences a humid subtropical climate with warm summers and mild winters. There is plenty of rainfall throughout the year, typically seeing over four inches of precipitation each month. The summer months tend to be humid and hot, with temperatures often reaching into the upper 80s and even low 90s. Winters are generally mild, although freezing temperatures can occur on occasion. Snowfall is typically light in the area, averaging around five inches for an entire season.

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Jeff is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Kentucky.

8.3 Summer - 5.6 Winter
September, June and May are the most pleasant months in Jeff, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateJeff, KentuckyUnited States
  45.9 in.38.1 in.
  13.6 in.27.8 in.
  133.5 days106.2 days
  170 days205 days
  86.1°85.8°
  22.6°21.7°
  7.37
  4.14.3
  915 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Jeff with an average high temperature of 86.1°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Kentucky. In Jeff, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Jeff are September, May and June.
In Jeff, there are 19.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Kentucky.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Jeff with an average of 22.6°. This is colder than most places in Kentucky.
In Jeff, there are 115.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Kentucky.
In Jeff, there are 0.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Kentucky.
The humidity is usually acceptable in Jeff but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most uncomfortably humid months in Jeff.
May is the wettest month in Jeff with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.9 inches in Jeff means that it is drier than most places in Kentucky.
May is the rainiest month in Jeff with 13.1 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.1 rainy days. There are 133.5 rainy days annually in Jeff, which is one of the rainiest places in Kentucky. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 13.6 inches in Jeff means that it is snowier than most places in Kentucky. January is the snowiest month in Jeff with 4.6 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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