Kentucky 2026-27

A record El Nino is coming

NOAA gives it a greater than 90% chance. But the Ohio Valley gets no confident temperature lean either way. Photo: William Alden, CC BY-SA.

Central Kentucky

Lexington averages 14 inches

Under the 30-year NWS normal, concentrated almost entirely in January and February. Photo: PEO ACWA, CC BY.

On the road

I-75 gets caught off guard

Kentucky's snow events are short and sharp, not steady. This is January 2016. Photo: The National Guard, CC BY.

Western Kentucky

Louisville's end averages 9 inches

The mildest of the state's three snow regions. This is Paducah, December 2004. Photo: Beau Dodson, public domain.

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2024-25 was the decade's snowiest

22.1 inches at Louisville, 21.6 at Lexington. See the full 10-year, city-by-city history.

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