Zip 42202 (Adairville, KY) Climate

Adairville, KY has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and cold but generally mild winters. The average temperature in the region ranges from 42°F to 89°F throughout the year. Summertime temperatures can be especially hot and humid with highs reaching into the 90s with high humidity levels. Winters are generally mild with occasional snowfall, though temperatures can drop below freezing on occasion. Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year, averaging around 44 inches annually.

Adairville (zip 42202), Kentucky gets 50 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Adairville (zip 42202) averages 6 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 Adairville (zip 42202). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Adairville (zip 42202) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 113 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 89 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 26
Rain: averages 50 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 6 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 42202 zip code is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Kentucky.

7.3 Summer - 6 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the 42202 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Adairville, Kentucky	United States
	50.1 in.	38.1 in.
	6.2 in.	27.8 in.
	112.5 days	106.2 days
	208 days	205 days
	88.6°	85.8°
	26.0°	21.7°
	7.3	7
	4.4	4.3
	614 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 the 42202 zip code with an average high temperature of 88.6°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Kentucky. In the 42202 zip code, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 42202 zip code are May, September and June.

In the 42202 zip code, there are 36.3 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Kentucky.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 42202 zip code with an average of 26.0°. This is one of the warmest places in Kentucky.

In the 42202 zip code, there are 83.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Kentucky.

In the 42202 zip code, there are 0.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Kentucky.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 42202 zip code 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 the 42202 zip code.

May is the wettest month in the 42202 zip code with 5.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 3.2 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 29% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 50.1 inches in the 42202 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Kentucky.

May is the rainiest month in the 42202 zip code with 11.1 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 7.2 rainy days. There are 112.5 rainy days annually in the 42202 zip code, which is less rainy than most 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 6.2 inches in the 42202 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Kentucky. February is the snowiest month in the 42202 zip code with 2.4 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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