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United States / Kentucky / Glasgow Metro Area / Barren County / Cave City / Zip Codes
Cave City, KY has a humid subtropical climate with hot, wet summers and mild winters. The average summer high temperature is around 87°F and average winter low is around 33°F. The area receives an average of 48 inches of precipitation annually, making for plenty of damp days throughout the year. Thunderstorms are common in the late spring and summer months. While snowfall is rare, occasional bouts may occur in the winter months.

Cave City, Kentucky gets 52 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Cave City averages 8 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 208 sunny days per year in Cave City. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Cave City gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 118 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 90 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 27
Rain: averages 52 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 8 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

6.8 Summer - 6.1 Winter
September, May and October are the most pleasant months in Cave City, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateCave City, KentuckyUnited States
  51.7 in.38.1 in.
  7.7 in.27.8 in.
  118.3 days106.2 days
  208 days205 days
  90.4°85.8°
  27.3°21.7°
  7.37
  4.64.3
  633 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 Cave City with an average high temperature of 90.4°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Kentucky. In Cave City, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Cave City are May, October and September.
In Cave City, there are 51.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the hottest places in Kentucky.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Cave City with an average of 27.3°. This is one of the warmest places in Kentucky.
In Cave City, there are 77.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Kentucky.
In Cave City, there are 1.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Kentucky.
The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Cave City during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in Cave City.
May is the wettest month in Cave City with 5.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 3.5 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 28% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 51.7 inches in Cave City means that it is one of the wettest places in Kentucky.
March is the rainiest month in Cave City with 11.7 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 7.7 rainy days. There are 118.3 rainy days annually in Cave City, which is about average compared to other places in Kentucky. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 7.7 inches in Cave City means that it is less snowy than most places in Kentucky. February is the snowiest month in Cave City with 2.8 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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