Paducah Threshold Days by Year (USC00156115)

18 fixed thresholds counted per year at Paducah (USC00156115): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Paducah Thresholds

Paducah: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 68 years, most in 1927 with 55.
Paducah: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 68 years, most in 1927 with 29.
Paducah: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 64 years, most in 1906 with 7.
Paducah: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 47 years, most in 1898 with 120.
18 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Paducah.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

47 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 120 in 1898.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Paducah
Year	Days	Decade average
1893	103	112.9
1894	115	112.9
1895	108	112.9
1896	114	112.9
1897	113	112.9
1898	120	112.9
1899	117	112.9
1900	113	102.3
1901	114	102.3
1902	103	102.3
1903	98	102.3
1904	95	102.3
1905	98	102.3
1906	114	102.3
1907	102	102.3
1908	105	102.3
1909	81	102.3
1938	112	115.5
1939	119	115.5
1940	96	93.1
1942	100	93.1
1943	100	93.1
1944	115	93.1
1945	83	93.1
1946	81	93.1
1947	93	93.1
1948	82	93.1
1949	88	93.1
1951	87	99.8
1952	105	99.8
1953	116	99.8
1954	108	99.8
1955	96	99.8
1956	109	99.8
1957	84	99.8
1958	92	99.8
1959	101	99.8
1960	98	87.3
1961	90	87.3
1962	96	87.3
1963	101	87.3
1964	97	87.3
1965	93	87.3
1966	72	87.3
1967	52	87.3
1968	82	87.3
1969	92	87.3

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
1893	1893-04-08	1893-10-11
1894	1894-04-17	1894-10-23
1895	1895-03-30	1895-09-25
1896	1896-04-11	1896-10-01
1897	1897-05-07	1897-10-18
1898	1898-04-30	1898-10-10
1899	1899-04-20	1899-10-15
1900	1900-04-28	1900-10-30
1901	1901-04-28	1901-10-23
1902	1902-04-21	1902-09-17
1903	1903-05-16	1903-10-05
1904	1904-05-07	1904-10-11
1905	1905-04-10	1905-09-30
1906	1906-04-13	1906-09-24
1907	1907-03-22	1907-10-04
1908	1908-05-17	1908-10-21
1909	1909-05-06	1909-10-05
1938	1938-04-26	1938-10-19
1939	1939-05-07	1939-10-24
1940	1940-05-07	1940-10-28
1942	1942-04-30	1942-10-03
1943	1943-04-28	1943-10-02
1944	1944-05-12	1944-10-26
1945	1945-05-15	1945-09-29
1946	1946-04-01	1946-11-03
1947	1947-05-14	1947-10-15
1948	1948-04-25	1948-09-23
1949	1949-05-15	1949-10-20
1951	1951-04-29	1951-10-06
1952	1952-04-30	1952-10-01
1953	1953-04-10	1953-10-23
1954	1954-04-25	1954-10-12
1955	1955-04-17	1955-10-06
1956	1956-04-27	1956-10-16
1957	1957-04-19	1957-09-21
1958	1958-05-03	1958-09-26
1959	1959-04-07	1959-10-10
1960	1960-04-23	1960-10-02
1961	1961-05-14	1961-10-12
1962	1962-05-07	1962-10-12
1963	1963-04-01	1963-10-23
1964	1964-05-17	1964-09-21
1965	1965-04-22	1965-09-21
1966	1966-05-08	1966-09-05
1967	1967-04-16	1967-10-06
1968	1968-05-02	1968-09-24
1969	1969-05-22	1969-10-04

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	47	120	1898	92
35 C (95 F): Days	46	60	1954	11
40 C (104 F): Days	13	7	1901	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	47	93	1939	53
100 F (37.8 C): Days	30	29	1901	7
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	2	1901	2
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	47	24	1940	6
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	47	117	1943	101
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	45	30	1963	4
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	9	5	1899	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	47	103	1900	50
25 C (77 F): Days with min	35	16	1908	8
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	68	55	1927	31
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	68	29	1927	14
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	64	7	1906	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	13	2	1901	2
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	1	1964	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	7	2	1960	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1893.

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Paducah Threshold Days by Year (USC00156115)

Key Facts for Paducah Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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